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Loris city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Loris city is a Census city of 2,645 people across 4.55 square miles of land, in Horry County. Median household income is $36,899, 55.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.0 m.
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Loris
What Loris is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.55 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land581
- County holding the largest share of its areaHorry County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Loris
How many people live in Loris
- Population2,645
- Median age51.2
- Population under 18456 plus or minus 154
- Share under 1817.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over581
- Share 65 and over22.0 percent
- Households1,161
- Family households698
- Share of households that are families60.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Loris
Income and work in Loris
- Median household income$36,899
- Per capita income$29,597 plus or minus $6,258
- Civilian labor force1,009
- Employed975
- Unemployed34 plus or minus 31
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over2,097
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.9 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Loris
- Housing units1,265
- Occupied units1,161
- Vacant units104 plus or minus 69
- Vacancy rate8.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied647
- Renter occupied514 plus or minus 219
- Ownership rate55.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$214,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$694
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Single family units829
- Share single family65.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more400 plus or minus 220
- Share in buildings of two or more31.6 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Mobile homes36 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Loris gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute892
- Commuting under 15 minutes186 plus or minus 80
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.9 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more508 plus or minus 164
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more57.0 percent plus or minus 15.6
- Drove alone82.6 percent
- Carpooled11.7 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home1.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Loris
SBA loans in Loris (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$7,004,400
- Average approval$875,550
- Median approval$717,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,976,000
- Largest approval$1,976,000
- Jobs supported102
- Jobs per approval12.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more37.5 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Loris
SBA loans in Loris (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$744,000
- Average approval$744,000
- Median approval$744,000
- Largest approval$744,000
- Jobs supported25
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Horry County, not Loris
Horry County context, not Loris figures
These are Horry County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Loris measurements.
- Establishments in Horry County10,550
- Employment at those establishments, Horry County123,792
- Covered employment, Horry County144,489
- Average annual pay, Horry County$48,046
- Average weekly wage, Horry County$924
- Housing units permitted, Horry County7,331
- Of those, single family, Horry County7,269
- County product, 2024, Horry County$22,774,481,000
- County product change over the prior year, Horry County7.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Horry County$86,199
Every figure in this section is published for Horry County as a whole and is not a measurement of Loris. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Loris questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Loris, South Carolina?
2,645, in 1,161 households. Loris city covers 4.55 square miles of land, which is 581 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Loris in?
Horry County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Loris?
$36,899. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $214,300. Median gross rent is $694 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Loris businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $7.0 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $717,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $744,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Loris, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Loris borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Loris. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Loris figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Horry County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Loris.
Is zoning published for Loris?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.