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Little River, SC

9,792 Population
10.5 square miles 934.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 48.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$35,607 ±$3,172 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $29,654 ±$423
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $29,426 ±$152
$54,156 ±$8,086 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: $52,660 ±$722
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $53,199 ±$276

9.5% ±3.1% (932  ±307) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 14.1% 64,409 (±0.7% / ±3,026)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 15.2% 741,650 (±0.2% / ±11,849)

21.5 minutes ±2.2 (93,080  ±15,075) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 22.9 4,228,665 (±0.3 / ±83,382)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25 54,010,755 (±0.1 / ±293,826)

Families

4,885 ±315 Number of households
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 187,199 ±1,667
  • South Carolina: 1,921,862 ±5,983
2 ±0.1 (9,781  ±767) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 2.5 458,571 (±0 / ±464)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,884,815 (±0)

1.4% ±2.4% (17  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,073 (±0.6% / ±514)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 64,132 (±0.2% / ±2,063)

Housing

7,354 ±229 Number of housing units
  • the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 295,290 ±216
  • South Carolina: 2,286,826 ±342

$175,400 ±$15,403 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: $189,100 ±$2,442
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $162,300 ±$627

10.4% ±3% (1,012  ±307.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 14.4% 66,043 (±0.6% / ±2,932.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 14.3% 710,583 (±0.2% / ±10,388.9)

Social

94.7% ±5.4% (7,807  ±738.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 90.1% 315,841 (±1.1% / ±3,696.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 87.5% 3,016,480 (±0.4% / ±12,801.1)
24.4% ±4.4% (2,014  ±392.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 25.5% 89,334 (±0.6% / ±1,963.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 28.1% 969,279 (±0.2% / ±6,848.6)

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

3.4% ±2.1% (332  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 5.5% 25,728 (±0.3% / ±1,418)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5% 252,614 (±0.1% / ±4,029)

14.8% ±3.1% (1,277  ±282) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Metro Area: 11% 41,887 (±0.3% / ±1,230)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 9.4% 365,139 (±0.1% / ±3,845)
1,277 Total veterans ±282 1,251 Male ±288 26 Female ±31

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