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Little River, SC

9,929 Population
10.5 square miles 947.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 49.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,644 ±$4,120 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $32,730 ±$576
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $32,823 ±$239
$56,733 ±$8,783 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $57,489 ±$1,222
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $58,234 ±$482

10.2% ±3.4% (1,009  ±355) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.8% 60,381 (±0.7% / ±3,065)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.5% 718,345 (±0.2% / ±11,315)

26.3 minutes ±3.1 (94,245  ±20,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 23.1 4,220,015 (±0.3 / ±82,867)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.3 54,119,448 (±0.2 / ±415,561)

Families

4,736 ±448 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 192,421 ±1,869
  • South Carolina: 1,976,447 ±5,877
2.1 ±0.1 (9,921  ±1,121) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 473,136 (±0 / ±1,341)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,953,286 (±0)

1.6% ±2.5% (21  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 3.7% † 3,425 (±0.5% / ±469)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,525 (±0.2% / ±1,999)

Housing

7,030 ±452 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 289,848 ±516
  • South Carolina: 2,325,248 ±1,084

$205,400 ±$15,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $209,900 ±$3,514
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $181,800 ±$1,291

14.9% ±4% (1,469  ±423.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.4% 59,133 (±0.6% / ±2,685.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 681,624 (±0.2% / ±11,503.7)

Social

92.7% ±13.6% (7,704  ±784.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91.6% 334,499 (±1.3% / ±4,586.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 88.8% 3,113,723 (±0.4% / ±14,727.4)
22.5% ±3.3% (1,866  ±335.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 26.6% 97,118 (±0.7% / ±2,478.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 29.8% 1,046,424 (±0.3% / ±9,391.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% ±1.6% (358  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,339 (±0.3% / ±1,483)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,917 (±0.1% / ±4,164)

13% ±3.1% (1,119  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,471 (±0.3% / ±1,340)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.9% 350,822 (±0.1% / ±4,953)
1,119 Total veterans ±291 1,094 Male ±294 25 Female ±29

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