Myrtle Beach Leader

Little River ranked 69th among cities in South Carolina by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Little River residents was an inflation-adjusted $29,530 per year. Little River had 4,544 households in 2017, with a population of 9,208.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Pawleys Island. Pawleys Island's median income was $58,333 per year after adjusting for inflation – $28,803 more than Little River. It had 47 households in 2017 and a population of 78.

Tigerville had the lowest annual resident income among cities in South Carolina, with a median income of only $3,263 per year. That was $26,267 less than the median income in Little River at the time. Tigerville had 24 households in 2017 and a population of 1,854.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Pawleys Island	58,333
2	Tega Cay	58,217
3	Briarcliffe Acres	58,125
4	Kiawah Island	57,109
5	Sullivan's Island	50,043
6	Arcadia Lakes	50,000
7	Mount Pleasant	46,432
8	Princeton	45,972
9	Boykin	45,694
10	Isle of Palms	45,500
11	Five Forks	45,486
12	Rockville	44,250
13	Stateburg	42,563
14	Seabrook Island	42,232
15	Folly Beach	42,074
16	Modoc	41,917
17	Lake Wylie	41,391
18	Little Mountain	41,250
19	Silverstreet	41,071
20	Pinopolis	40,917
21	Blythewood	40,724
22	Rembert	40,481
23	India Hook	40,036
24	Lake Murray of Richland	39,335
25	James Island	38,874
26	Forest Acres	37,453
27	Edisto Beach	37,446
28	McClellanville	37,083
29	Cokesbury	36,333
30	Fort Mill	36,110
31	Lexington	35,859
32	Bluffton	34,014
33	Cope	33,750
34	Newport	33,750
35	Pine Ridge	33,617
36	Jamestown	33,571
37	Lesslie	33,529
38	Hanahan	33,469
39	Hilton Head Island	33,370
40	Mauldin	33,307
41	Stuckey	33,250
42	Charleston	33,132
43	Simpsonville	32,460
44	Summerville	32,336
45	Northlake	32,232
46	Russellville	32,074
47	Fountain Inn	31,807
48	Reidville	31,685
49	Gilbert	31,667
50	Elgin	31,519
51	Irmo	31,495
52	Reevesville	31,389
53	Chapin	31,030
54	Golden Grove	30,910
55	North Augusta	30,815
56	Lyman	30,736
57	Oak Grove	30,594
58	Glendale	30,500
59	Red Bank	30,466
60	North Myrtle Beach	30,466
61	Springdale	30,455
62	Boiling Springs	30,260
63	Lugoff	30,121
64	Smoaks	30,000
65	Pelion	30,000
66	Starr	30,000
67	Goose Creek	29,960
68	Meggett	29,741
69	Little River	29,530
70	Centerville	29,441
71	Seven Oaks	29,369
72	Oakland	29,318
73	Mayo	29,188
74	Hollywood	29,154
75	Riverview	28,750
76	Summit	28,558
77	Camden	28,438
78	Parksville	28,281
79	Williamston	28,262
80	Greenville	28,169
81	Powdersville	28,160
82	Sangaree	28,141
83	Ruby	27,738
84	Greer	27,676
85	Lowrys	27,500
86	Shell Point	27,421
87	Ravenel	27,341
88	McConnells	27,222
89	Mount Croghan	27,188
90	Wade Hampton	27,172
91	Taylors	27,061
92	Ladson	27,035
93	Aiken	26,957
94	Elgin	26,819
95	Easley	26,775
96	East Sumter	26,712
97	Ninety Six	26,680
98	Jackson	26,576
99	Cross Hill	26,458
100	Beaufort	26,374

* All values are inflation-adjusted