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Little River, SC

9,692 Population
10.5 square miles 924.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.3 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 48.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$35,059 ±$3,932 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $30,616 ±$576
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $30,727 ±$218
$52,896 ±$8,689 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $53,832 ±$1,091
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $54,864 ±$343

9.9% ±3% (963  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 13.4% 63,586 (±0.7% / ±3,395)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 726,470 (±0.2% / ±11,777)

23.7 minutes ±2.5 (92,620  ±17,357) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.9 4,303,815 (±0.4 / ±99,534)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)

Families

4,735 ±460 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 195,635 ±2,063
  • South Carolina: 1,961,481 ±5,748
2 ±0.1 (9,682  ±1,143) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.4 475,733 (±0 / ±666)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,956,293 (±0)

1.5% ±2.5% (19  ±31) 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: 4.1% † 3,861 (±0.5% / ±439)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,850 (±0.2% / ±2,071)

Housing

7,016 ±484 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 302,532 ±285
  • South Carolina: 2,319,112 ±1,077

$176,300 ±$17,664 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $195,700 ±$2,968
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $170,100 ±$818

12.4% ±3.3% (1,197  ±347.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 12.9% 61,630 (±0.6% / ±2,976.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.8% 695,348 (±0.2% / ±10,741.7)

Social

93.3% ±14.3% (7,602  ±773.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 91% 333,288 (±1.3% / ±4,877.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 88.3% 3,102,292 (±0.4% / ±13,936.8)
21% ±2.8% (1,707  ±298.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.7% 94,268 (±0.7% / ±2,501.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 29% 1,018,306 (±0.2% / ±8,069.4)

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

3.3% ±2.1% (315  ±202) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.7% 27,387 (±0.4% / ±2,070)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,203 (±0.1% / ±4,855)

14.2% ±2.8% (1,192  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 10.5% 41,923 (±0.4% / ±1,386)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 9.1% 360,355 (±0.1% / ±4,592)
1,192 Total veterans ±269 1,165 Male ±270 27 Female ±31

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