Home of the Loris Bog-Off | Est. 1887

Loris

A railroad-era Horry County town with a walkable Main Street, its own hospital and big-lot new homes — North Myrtle Beach is about half an hour away.

By The Numbers

~2.4K

POPULATION

51.2

MEDIAN AGE

~31 MIN

TO THE BEACH

Est. 1887

FOUNDED

35,000+

BOG-OFF VISITORS

DOWNTOWN & LIFESTYLE

Loris Bog-Off Festival every October since 1980
Main Street eats: Shorty’s Grill, Sunshine Pancake House, The Grind
Downtown Tuesday Nights & the Main Street Farmers Market
Nature Park — walking trails, playground & disc golf
Diamondback Golf Club at Woodland Valley
Barn View Winery, blueberry farms & the Waccamaw River

LOCATION & COMMUTING

Loris sits where SC-9 meets US-701 in northern Horry County — small-town living with the North Strand and Conway both within about half an hour.

North Myrtle Beach: ~31 minutes
Little River: ~31 minutes
Conway: ~29 minutes
Myrtle Beach: ~47 minutes
Myrtle Beach Airport: ~47 minutes

HEALTHCARE & SERVICES

McLeod Health — full hospital in town
Loris Elementary & Daisy Elementary (Horry County Schools)
Loris Middle & the town’s own high school
Public library — 4316 Main Street
Coastal Carolina University & Horry-Georgetown Tech in Conway
Twin City Airport for light aircraft

REAL ESTATE MARKET

Median sale ~$260K (Aug 2026) — one of the Grand Strand’s most affordable markets
New construction from D.R. Horton, Dream Finders, Stanley Martin & Starlight Homes
Generous lots — including one-acre homesites
Older in-town homes and rural acreage also available
Relaxed pace — homes average about 76 days on market
More than 1,000 new homes planned in the area

Popular Neighborhoods in Loris

Sutton Farm

D.R. Horton · 265 Homes
Hwy 66 community of 1,100–2,500 sq ft homes on generous lots, with a pool, pool house and dog park.

Meadow Walk

D.R. Horton · New Homes
Homesites off Hwy 45 and Strickland Drive, minutes from downtown.

Furnie's Place

Dream Finders · 1-Acre Lots
Oversized one-acre homesites with 1,815–2,961 sq ft floor plans.

Woodland Valley

Golf Course Living
Homes around the Diamondback Golf Club on Log Cabin Road.

Springview Landing

D.R. Horton · Completed
A finished D.R. Horton subdivision — resale opportunities.

Harper Meadow

D.R. Horton · New Construction
One of the builder's newest Loris-area communities.

FAQs: Loris, SC

Is Loris SC a good place to live?

Loris is a genuine small town — about 2,400 people inside the city limits, a median age of 51, and a Main Street that still hosts a farmers market, summer Tuesday-night concerts and the Bog-Off Festival, which draws 35,000+ visitors every October. It has its own hospital (McLeod Health Loris), Horry County schools from elementary through high school, a nature park, a golf course and the Waccamaw River nearby. The trade-off is distance: North Myrtle Beach is about 31 minutes away.

What is the Loris housing market like?

This is one of the most affordable markets on the Grand Strand: the median sale price was about $260,000 in August 2026, flat year-over-year, with homes taking around 76 days to sell. New construction is reshaping the town — D.R. Horton, Dream Finders, Stanley Martin and Starlight Homes are all building, with more than 1,000 homes planned, many on lots from a third of an acre up to a full acre.

How far is Loris from Myrtle Beach?

The town is inland in northern Horry County, about 31 miles and 47 minutes from Myrtle Beach and roughly the same to Myrtle Beach International Airport. The closer beach is North Myrtle Beach — about 24 miles down SC-9, around 31 minutes — while Conway and Coastal Carolina University are about 29 minutes south.

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