Loris’ household incomes are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, next to 12% for South Carolina as a whole. 23.0% of residents live below the poverty line, where South Carolina as a whole has 14.1%. For jobs and income Loris is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Loris apart on work
Loris is where the jobs are
Loris has 2,144 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,100 people are in town, 40% more than the 2,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Loris workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Loris’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Loris workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 960 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Loris’ Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Loris’ grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($36,899, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Loris could be anywhere from D to C+.
How a workday changes Loris
On a workday 848 residents head out to work, 112 work right here, and 2,032 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Loris on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Loris
2,144 jobs are based in Loris.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loris, 2013 → 2023: 1,810 → 2,144. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Loris
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loris workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 892 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily trip into Loris
Where Loris clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Loris’ workers travel
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Loris, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 908 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Loris households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Loris’ commuters take a bus or train.
Loris is 3,547th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 478 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 637 | Keowee Key SC | 3,351 | $125K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,545 | Springport Township MI | 2,142 | $58K | 16.5% | 4.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,546 | Perry Township OH | 3,341 | $53K | 18.3% | 5.1% | 6% | C− |
| 3,547 | Loris SC | 2,935 | $37K | 23.0% | 3.4% | 12% | C− |
| 3,548 | Dayton WA | 2,538 | $71K | 11.9% | 5.1% | 38% | C− |
| 3,549 | Fremont Township MI | 3,126 | $63K | 11.1% | 5.8% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Loris, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Loris: questions
What is the median household income in Loris?
$36,899 (±$6,294) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loris?
23.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loris?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loris work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (14%, 18 mi), Myrtle Beach (10%, 24 mi), North Myrtle Beach (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Loris walkable?
Loris is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loris
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.