South Carolina cities and towns
Quick answer
The Census counts 475 places in South Carolina holding 2,611,112 residents between them. Places include incorporated cities, towns and villages plus census-designated places, which are unincorporated communities the Census tabulates separately.
About this South Carolina directory
How South Carolina places are defined and measured.
This directory lists every place the US Census Bureau tabulates in South Carolina, ranked from the largest to the smallest by population. Incorporated cities, towns and villages appear alongside census-designated places (CDPs) — unincorporated communities that have no local government of their own but are counted separately because they have a recognised name and settled population. The suffix in each name ("city", "town", "village", "CDP") is the Census legal/statistical description, which is why you will see entries such as "Charleston city".
The largest place in South Carolina is Charleston city with 152,014 residents, and the 475 places on this page hold 2,611,112 people between them. Median household income across the listed places runs from $13,313 to $236,607, and median home values range from $13,500 to $2,000,001 — a spread that shows how much local housing markets diverge inside a single state.
Every figure comes from the American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates, which average survey responses over sixty months. That averaging is what makes small towns measurable at all, but it also means the numbers describe the period as a whole rather than today. Blank cells are estimates the Census suppressed because the local sample was too small to publish reliably. Select any place to open its full profile with affordability ratios, poverty and homeownership rates, and links to nearby communities of similar size.
All 475 places
Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
| Place | Population | Median income | Median home value | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston city | 152,014 | $90,038 | $469,100 | $1,632 |
| Columbia city | 138,019 | $55,653 | $243,500 | $1,158 |
| North Charleston city | 117,460 | $62,789 | $267,700 | $1,364 |
| Mount Pleasant town | 92,662 | $121,364 | $667,100 | $2,026 |
| Rock Hill city | 74,769 | $64,770 | $267,400 | $1,279 |
| Greenville city | 71,755 | $68,460 | $453,300 | $1,248 |
| Summerville town | 51,262 | $78,621 | $295,700 | $1,414 |
| Goose Creek city | 46,964 | $87,437 | $279,500 | $1,611 |
| Sumter city | 43,065 | $53,071 | $188,400 | $1,055 |
| Florence city | 40,205 | $56,433 | $189,800 | $922 |
| Greer city | 39,191 | $80,030 | $264,300 | $1,144 |
| Spartanburg city | 38,578 | $51,193 | $185,300 | $1,043 |
| Hilton Head Island town | 37,805 | $96,715 | $652,100 | $1,518 |
| Myrtle Beach city | 37,214 | $53,679 | $347,700 | $1,132 |
| Aiken city | 32,334 | $69,837 | $261,800 | $1,199 |
| Bluffton town | 31,323 | $105,463 | $444,500 | $2,187 |
| Anderson city | 29,563 | $44,321 | $199,600 | $965 |
| Fort Mill town | 28,281 | $127,537 | $457,000 | $1,437 |
| Carolina Forest CDP | 26,373 | $70,647 | $298,700 | $1,567 |
| Conway city | 26,082 | $54,841 | $236,300 | $881 |
| Mauldin city | 25,985 | $81,027 | $242,100 | $1,401 |
| Simpsonville city | 25,125 | $79,233 | $267,500 | $1,322 |
| North Augusta city | 24,928 | $90,132 | $220,500 | $1,080 |
| Socastee CDP | 24,629 | $59,826 | $218,200 | $1,244 |
| Lexington town | 24,132 | $83,263 | $271,200 | $1,360 |
| Easley city | 23,942 | $65,330 | $243,100 | $903 |
| Taylors CDP | 23,686 | $71,747 | $242,700 | $1,260 |
| Greenwood city | 22,527 | $40,253 | $123,400 | $826 |
| Hanahan city | 21,119 | $84,061 | $339,800 | $1,324 |
| St. Andrews CDP | 20,953 | $45,321 | $146,700 | $1,060 |
| Wade Hampton CDP | 20,703 | $75,522 | $293,300 | $1,064 |
| North Myrtle Beach city | 19,343 | $72,111 | $371,900 | $1,171 |
| Five Forks CDP | 19,093 | $140,668 | $424,600 | $2,139 |
| Clemson city | 17,759 | $49,713 | $359,100 | $972 |
| West Columbia city | 17,723 | $54,152 | $186,200 | $1,092 |
| Berea CDP | 16,642 | $48,104 | $187,200 | $1,032 |
| Red Hill CDP | 16,480 | $62,132 | $223,900 | $1,078 |
| Ladson CDP | 16,261 | $83,031 | $222,100 | $1,517 |
| Seven Oaks CDP | 15,990 | $64,003 | $195,900 | $1,185 |
| Dentsville CDP | 15,396 | $44,029 | $154,600 | $1,145 |
| Lake Wylie CDP | 15,177 | $112,113 | $464,200 | $1,517 |
| Gantt CDP | 15,057 | $47,265 | $156,200 | $1,021 |
| Port Royal town | 15,047 | $70,330 | $298,000 | $1,606 |
| Moncks Corner town | 14,362 | $91,516 | $312,800 | $1,203 |
| Cayce city | 13,718 | $58,095 | $158,900 | $1,358 |
| Beaufort city | 13,660 | $59,454 | $310,400 | $1,061 |
| Tega Cay city | 13,267 | $141,037 | $494,500 | $1,307 |
| Orangeburg city | 13,189 | $33,066 | $145,000 | $765 |
| Gaffney city | 12,612 | $41,214 | $141,100 | $822 |
| Boiling Springs CDP | 12,609 | $79,798 | $230,000 | $1,267 |
| Parker CDP | 12,564 | $38,607 | $121,800 | $1,066 |
| Oak Grove CDP | 12,031 | $75,506 | $195,700 | $988 |
| Irmo town | 11,799 | $85,137 | $193,100 | $1,412 |
| James Island town | 11,738 | $100,176 | $454,200 | $1,443 |
| Powdersville CDP | 11,321 | $88,125 | $318,600 | $1,231 |
| Fountain Inn city | 11,307 | $72,021 | $255,400 | $1,072 |
| Red Bank CDP | 10,950 | $60,348 | $176,200 | $1,141 |
| Garden City CDP | 10,820 | $50,027 | $194,100 | $1,382 |
| Newberry city | 10,733 | $47,885 | $124,600 | $837 |
| Forest Acres city | 10,491 | $76,417 | $260,500 | $1,182 |
| Little River CDP | 10,457 | $64,590 | $267,800 | $1,531 |
| Murrells Inlet CDP | 10,087 | $75,438 | $355,800 | $1,702 |
| Woodfield CDP | 9,901 | $38,394 | $128,600 | $1,190 |
| Litchfield Beach CDP | 9,544 | $74,451 | $409,100 | $1,623 |
| Lugoff CDP | 9,475 | $61,316 | $201,800 | $793 |
| Laurens city | 9,307 | $55,207 | $139,800 | $795 |
| Hardeeville city | 9,293 | $78,233 | $467,500 | $1,384 |
| Seneca city | 8,910 | $52,207 | $223,100 | $806 |
| Lancaster city | 8,738 | $43,234 | $226,300 | $824 |
| York city | 8,697 | $47,315 | $161,000 | $833 |
| Sangaree CDP | 8,517 | $77,939 | $231,900 | $1,428 |
| Georgetown city | 8,511 | $57,704 | $158,600 | $805 |
| Sans Souci CDP | 8,199 | $46,276 | $199,100 | $948 |
| Travelers Rest city | 8,137 | $49,655 | $281,400 | $1,029 |
| Union city | 8,047 | $34,112 | $103,400 | $789 |
| Camden city | 8,025 | $53,289 | $241,300 | $803 |
| White Knoll CDP | 7,865 | $79,531 | $232,000 | $1,269 |
| Clinton city | 7,624 | $40,372 | $154,700 | $864 |
| Forestbrook CDP | 7,450 | $77,791 | $298,800 | $1,087 |
| Welcome CDP | 7,439 | $61,948 | $164,100 | $992 |
| Hartsville city | 7,422 | $47,720 | $188,800 | $834 |
| Valley Falls CDP | 7,249 | $55,671 | $229,600 | $955 |
| Burton CDP | 7,132 | $57,315 | $198,300 | $1,281 |
| Lake Murray of Richland CDP | 7,057 | $118,435 | $378,900 | $1,682 |
| Clover town | 7,013 | $66,992 | $236,100 | $995 |
| Homeland Park CDP | 6,944 | $38,079 | $101,400 | $809 |
| Centerville CDP | 6,860 | $66,912 | $212,800 | $1,027 |
| Bennettsville city | 6,798 | $40,889 | $82,700 | $650 |
| Clemson University CDP | 6,434 | — | — | — |
| Dillon city | 6,406 | $34,964 | $110,000 | $624 |
| Marion city | 6,338 | $27,767 | $119,400 | $624 |
| Lyman town | 6,317 | $69,688 | $239,800 | $1,157 |
| Darlington city | 6,128 | $31,240 | $163,000 | $801 |
| Lake City city | 6,032 | $35,000 | $133,700 | $696 |
| Piedmont CDP | 5,786 | $51,896 | $141,200 | $844 |
| Laurel Bay CDP | 5,627 | $52,094 | $221,300 | $1,375 |
| Walterboro city | 5,490 | $48,366 | $170,500 | $865 |
| Belvedere CDP | 5,458 | $57,933 | $120,400 | $952 |
| Hollywood town | 5,330 | $77,415 | $450,400 | $1,142 |
| Blythewood town | 5,309 | $105,583 | $368,300 | $1,083 |
| Central town | 5,299 | $58,262 | $228,500 | $973 |
| Chester city | 5,241 | $41,231 | $106,400 | $905 |
| Cheraw town | 5,024 | $27,275 | $113,400 | $806 |
| Batesburg-Leesville town | 4,935 | $53,102 | $130,500 | $792 |
| Abbeville city | 4,863 | $38,983 | $108,500 | $575 |
| Barnwell city | 4,616 | $43,239 | $137,300 | $545 |
| Belton city | 4,405 | $48,164 | $116,300 | $896 |
| Baxter Village CDP | 4,355 | $146,440 | $547,300 | $1,334 |
| Isle of Palms city | 4,350 | $148,029 | $1,192,200 | $3,236 |
| Woodruff city | 4,337 | $64,292 | $188,500 | $772 |
| Surfside Beach town | 4,217 | $74,202 | $412,100 | $1,274 |
| East Camden CDP | 4,210 | $53,234 | $150,400 | $876 |
| Duncan town | 4,175 | $51,596 | $182,500 | $1,045 |
| Capitol View CDP | 4,161 | $47,054 | $152,700 | $1,146 |
| Newport CDP | 4,142 | $107,143 | $310,300 | — |
| Saxon CDP | 4,139 | $28,394 | $68,900 | $909 |
| Walhalla city | 4,121 | $42,696 | $176,500 | $640 |
| Williamston town | 4,116 | $62,500 | $156,700 | $860 |
| Brookdale CDP | 4,061 | $34,279 | $85,400 | $711 |
| Southern Shops CDP | 3,985 | $35,016 | $102,200 | $963 |
| Edgefield town | 3,977 | $37,500 | $108,900 | $849 |
| Mullins city | 3,965 | $30,750 | $89,400 | $683 |
| Northlake CDP | 3,848 | $79,531 | $241,700 | $1,026 |
| Manning city | 3,843 | $27,597 | $152,700 | $653 |
| India Hook CDP | 3,794 | $94,505 | $311,400 | $1,189 |
| Ridgeland town | 3,756 | $71,023 | $209,900 | $927 |
| Honea Path town | 3,734 | $56,304 | $123,800 | $740 |
| Dunean CDP | 3,716 | $50,382 | $184,400 | $1,061 |
| Whitney CDP | 3,659 | $49,181 | $136,700 | $899 |
| Wyboo CDP | 3,582 | $57,725 | $198,200 | $767 |
| Pendleton town | 3,542 | $60,517 | $236,900 | $891 |
| Roebuck CDP | 3,468 | $51,111 | $192,800 | $1,087 |
| Wellford city | 3,432 | $55,871 | $217,700 | $1,129 |
| Pickens city | 3,386 | $58,534 | $196,400 | $874 |
| Liberty city | 3,337 | $42,077 | $162,800 | $725 |
| Winnsboro town | 3,332 | $35,649 | $122,200 | $775 |
| Keowee Key CDP | 3,307 | $118,668 | $512,000 | — |
| North Hartsville CDP | 3,217 | $59,990 | $99,700 | $1,157 |
| Lesslie CDP | 3,202 | $86,500 | $240,300 | — |
| East Gaffney CDP | 3,169 | $26,314 | $78,900 | $753 |
| Kingstree town | 3,161 | $28,776 | $127,300 | $526 |
| Lakewood CDP | 3,154 | $49,255 | $260,900 | $928 |
| Denmark city | 3,141 | $33,100 | $73,000 | $785 |
| Cherryvale CDP | 3,136 | $41,563 | $91,000 | $950 |
| Clearwater CDP | 3,124 | $50,669 | $156,500 | $835 |
| Saluda town | 3,095 | $40,567 | $81,500 | $772 |
| Burnettown town | 3,090 | $38,371 | $189,200 | $1,014 |
| Inman city | 3,085 | $55,156 | $178,600 | $1,132 |
| Golden Grove CDP | 3,084 | $71,694 | $161,600 | $1,102 |
| Arthurtown CDP | 3,063 | $19,820 | $98,800 | $874 |
| Hilltop CDP | 3,058 | $39,432 | $121,400 | $1,153 |
| Bamberg town | 3,036 | $27,614 | $129,500 | $779 |
| Bishopville city | 2,958 | $44,015 | $105,400 | $554 |
| Dalzell CDP | 2,949 | $52,723 | $155,000 | $961 |
| Arkwright CDP | 2,910 | $51,458 | $111,400 | $901 |
| Williston town | 2,884 | $35,968 | $104,000 | $685 |
| Springdale town | 2,727 | $70,852 | $195,100 | $1,181 |
| Arcadia CDP | 2,724 | $37,574 | $103,800 | $1,181 |
| Pine Ridge town | 2,709 | $74,861 | $218,500 | $1,204 |
| Hampton town | 2,691 | $45,809 | $179,700 | $818 |
| McCormick town | 2,681 | $40,269 | $88,400 | $640 |
| Ninety Six town | 2,635 | $53,438 | $114,000 | $859 |
| New Ellenton town | 2,604 | $60,625 | $164,900 | $695 |
| Allendale town | 2,595 | $25,250 | $65,300 | $685 |
| Ravenel town | 2,594 | $72,365 | $230,100 | $1,104 |
| Loris city | 2,570 | $36,158 | $195,600 | $664 |
| Landrum city | 2,564 | $41,161 | $194,700 | $485 |
| Andrews town | 2,558 | $53,611 | $111,400 | $1,012 |
| Johnston town | 2,518 | $34,957 | $100,400 | $803 |
| Pageland town | 2,476 | $40,236 | $168,300 | $691 |
| McColl town | 2,453 | $33,925 | $47,100 | $480 |
| Varnville town | 2,433 | $52,800 | $105,500 | $1,018 |
| Springdale CDP | 2,422 | $42,708 | $89,900 | $923 |
| Gloverville CDP | 2,418 | $51,691 | $81,400 | $950 |
| Ben Avon CDP | 2,334 | $46,736 | $198,900 | $1,045 |
| Privateer CDP | 2,294 | $49,861 | $96,800 | $791 |
| Estill town | 2,287 | $36,547 | $79,500 | $760 |
| Edisto CDP | 2,261 | $46,644 | $46,200 | $852 |
| Elgin CDP | 2,258 | $74,167 | $177,700 | $744 |
| Watts Mills CDP | 2,250 | $47,192 | — | $818 |
| Westminster city | 2,244 | $38,393 | $175,600 | $583 |
| Kershaw town | 2,220 | $58,077 | $145,800 | $893 |
| Riverview CDP | 2,215 | $131,158 | $484,800 | $677 |
| Ware Shoals town | 2,207 | $35,896 | $63,600 | $881 |
| Judson CDP | 2,201 | $33,600 | $93,700 | $1,250 |
| Kiawah Island town | 2,196 | $236,607 | $1,723,200 | — |
| Elgin town | 2,176 | $84,219 | $204,300 | $1,288 |
| Graniteville CDP | 2,176 | $29,495 | $103,900 | $960 |
| Pacolet town | 2,164 | $46,120 | $94,100 | $857 |
| Blacksburg town | 2,158 | $33,500 | $137,000 | $789 |
| Timmonsville town | 2,153 | $32,736 | $88,000 | $826 |
| Sullivan's Island town | 2,127 | $179,614 | $2,000,001 | $2,402 |
| Seabrook Island town | 2,107 | $124,519 | $899,600 | $3,501 |
| Fairfax town | 2,037 | $41,328 | $54,400 | $702 |
| Cowpens town | 2,031 | $37,168 | $152,700 | $815 |
| Gaston town | 2,026 | $59,500 | $117,900 | $920 |
| Arial CDP | 2,024 | $50,132 | $169,200 | $749 |
| Shell Point CDP | 2,005 | $65,840 | $233,600 | $1,185 |
| Mayo CDP | 1,963 | $47,384 | $159,200 | $591 |
| Hopkins CDP | 1,962 | $49,464 | $77,300 | $1,016 |
| Reidville town | 1,955 | $117,692 | $326,200 | $1,014 |
| Tigerville CDP | 1,955 | — | — | — |
| Pimlico CDP | 1,940 | $138,833 | $428,200 | — |
| St. George town | 1,935 | $31,950 | $124,200 | $800 |
| Slater-Marietta CDP | 1,934 | $42,857 | $96,400 | $1,003 |
| South Congaree town | 1,918 | $58,726 | $172,000 | $839 |
| Calhoun Falls town | 1,897 | $35,527 | $62,500 | $476 |
| Stateburg CDP | 1,859 | $71,781 | $220,700 | $1,680 |
| Wilkinson Heights CDP | 1,853 | $22,714 | $76,300 | $788 |
| Monarch Mill CDP | 1,828 | $39,212 | $79,500 | $679 |
| South Sumter CDP | 1,808 | $42,708 | $69,100 | $783 |
| Irwin CDP | 1,801 | $53,795 | $169,100 | $889 |
| Jackson town | 1,782 | $37,067 | $192,000 | $540 |
| Blackville town | 1,778 | $26,100 | $73,100 | $966 |
| Great Falls town | 1,741 | $30,475 | $59,400 | $822 |
| Eureka Mill CDP | 1,732 | $35,980 | $177,100 | $936 |
| Langley CDP | 1,718 | $50,750 | $74,000 | $879 |
| Fairforest CDP | 1,711 | $60,199 | $176,000 | $696 |
| St. Matthews town | 1,626 | $55,351 | $146,600 | $825 |
| Camp Croft CDP | 1,604 | $38,940 | $124,900 | $1,053 |
| Ridgeville town | 1,591 | $56,134 | $183,500 | $1,398 |
| Awendaw town | 1,574 | $70,781 | $387,500 | $2,792 |
| Pelzer town | 1,570 | $54,886 | $170,400 | $1,036 |
| Bonneau Beach CDP | 1,543 | $57,561 | $227,000 | $1,306 |
| Utica CDP | 1,529 | — | $135,300 | $1,116 |
| Cane Savannah CDP | 1,497 | — | $162,500 | — |
| Chesterfield town | 1,497 | $48,167 | $161,000 | $775 |
| Wedgefield CDP | 1,480 | $41,662 | $50,500 | — |
| St. Stephen town | 1,460 | $59,688 | $131,400 | $764 |
| Lamar town | 1,446 | $44,000 | $112,700 | $947 |
| Winnsboro Mills CDP | 1,426 | $34,426 | — | $979 |
| Holly Hill town | 1,415 | $34,792 | $193,500 | $637 |
| Chapin town | 1,410 | $77,632 | $200,400 | $1,400 |
| Homewood CDP | 1,390 | $44,466 | $183,300 | $779 |
| Joanna CDP | 1,375 | $42,169 | $107,800 | $597 |
| Latta town | 1,301 | $45,500 | $106,000 | $685 |
| Olympia CDP | 1,301 | — | $189,200 | $1,214 |
| West Pelzer town | 1,276 | $53,125 | $125,700 | $846 |
| Edmund CDP | 1,274 | $35,750 | $100,200 | $771 |
| Meggett town | 1,274 | $96,032 | $594,800 | — |
| Whitmire town | 1,241 | $32,188 | $51,900 | $783 |
| Buffalo CDP | 1,232 | $21,831 | $44,400 | — |
| Catawba CDP | 1,225 | $55,385 | $198,100 | $1,525 |
| Lake Secession CDP | 1,209 | $46,933 | $335,500 | $950 |
| Prosperity town | 1,198 | $58,276 | $138,400 | $780 |
| Murphys Estates CDP | 1,187 | $90,357 | $185,100 | — |
| Due West town | 1,185 | $52,059 | $178,500 | $936 |
| Santee town | 1,179 | $36,856 | $163,800 | $733 |
| Conestee CDP | 1,175 | $60,450 | $211,600 | $952 |
| City View CDP | 1,172 | $37,625 | — | $1,043 |
| Wagener town | 1,170 | $45,753 | — | $367 |
| Branchville town | 1,169 | $40,144 | $98,900 | $772 |
| Cottageville town | 1,154 | $68,750 | $144,800 | $915 |
| Pelion town | 1,147 | $61,250 | $148,400 | $850 |
| Fort Lawn town | 1,144 | $54,141 | $189,000 | $1,280 |
| Beech Island CDP | 1,139 | $31,996 | $105,400 | $982 |
| Gadsden CDP | 1,131 | $54,464 | $98,300 | — |
| Gayle Mill CDP | 1,119 | — | $26,800 | $710 |
| Aynor town | 1,077 | $70,972 | $236,000 | $1,059 |
| Drayton CDP | 1,043 | $51,650 | $82,500 | $1,331 |
| Johnsonville city | 1,037 | $47,891 | $118,500 | $838 |
| Jonesville town | 1,016 | $35,000 | $79,700 | $533 |
| Dovesville CDP | 1,014 | $32,072 | — | $828 |
| Yemassee town | 1,007 | $36,923 | $169,800 | $736 |
| Elloree town | 1,005 | $33,750 | $188,100 | $954 |
| McBee town | 1,000 | $59,500 | $89,900 | $950 |
| Cateechee CDP | 988 | — | — | $1,261 |
| Edisto Beach town | 987 | $81,250 | $610,500 | $1,170 |
| Six Mile town | 984 | $110,000 | $331,100 | $779 |
| Van Wyck town | 970 | — | $245,400 | $758 |
| Newtown CDP | 969 | $33,214 | $69,300 | $960 |
| Seabrook CDP | 959 | $62,941 | $27,200 | — |
| Folly Beach city | 958 | $97,813 | $951,200 | $1,930 |
| Sandy Springs CDP | 955 | $68,393 | $261,600 | $938 |
| Pamplico town | 952 | $24,646 | $151,800 | $591 |
| Pinopolis CDP | 950 | $113,750 | $314,500 | — |
| Iva town | 937 | $24,313 | $140,800 | $685 |
| Warrenville CDP | 925 | $39,817 | $75,000 | $1,317 |
| La France CDP | 915 | $76,926 | $122,400 | $1,333 |
| Oakland CDP | 901 | $61,875 | $109,500 | — |
| Inman Mills CDP | 896 | $42,031 | $109,200 | $1,064 |
| Campobello town | 888 | $84,063 | $236,900 | $1,344 |
| Quinby town | 865 | $65,208 | $153,800 | $943 |
| Clifton CDP | 861 | $48,357 | $115,000 | — |
| East Sumter CDP | 852 | — | — | $773 |
| Ridge Spring town | 848 | $38,854 | $76,600 | $638 |
| Arcadia Lakes town | 843 | $96,000 | $343,100 | — |
| Norris town | 838 | $51,750 | $160,900 | $696 |
| Lincolnville town | 835 | $36,538 | $220,600 | $610 |
| Heath Springs town | 825 | $50,500 | $113,800 | $903 |
| Scranton town | 820 | $26,250 | $83,000 | $807 |
| The Cliffs Valley CDP | 813 | $114,583 | $900,000 | — |
| Manville CDP | 812 | $26,607 | — | — |
| Chesnee city | 804 | $39,375 | $109,800 | $839 |
| Mayesville town | 801 | $45,179 | $90,800 | — |
| Bowman town | 789 | $27,500 | $80,700 | $848 |
| North town | 783 | $36,250 | $86,500 | $717 |
| Fripp Island CDP | 753 | $101,731 | $605,800 | — |
| Jefferson town | 753 | $35,227 | $125,700 | $295 |
| Dunbar CDP | 750 | $88,250 | — | — |
| DeBordieu Colony CDP | 748 | $193,182 | $1,223,000 | — |
| Furman town | 747 | $57,708 | $83,000 | $670 |
| Hamer CDP | 735 | $45,417 | $166,700 | $796 |
| McClellanville town | 734 | $104,236 | $511,400 | $1,313 |
| Gray Court town | 731 | $64,286 | $168,800 | $883 |
| Chickasaw Point CDP | 730 | $79,464 | $285,200 | — |
| Summerton town | 709 | $35,893 | $153,100 | $355 |
| Olanta town | 703 | $54,375 | $109,000 | $841 |
| Turbeville town | 703 | $41,667 | $120,300 | $603 |
| Swansea town | 700 | $49,271 | $112,500 | $983 |
| Wallace CDP | 669 | — | $75,800 | — |
| Coward town | 668 | $36,250 | $104,200 | $825 |
| Lake View town | 661 | $31,033 | $80,000 | $703 |
| Unity CDP | 655 | $37,037 | — | — |
| Harleyville town | 653 | $60,231 | $192,700 | $742 |
| Cash CDP | 645 | — | $57,300 | — |
| Daufuskie Island CDP | 636 | $153,821 | — | — |
| Dale CDP | 622 | — | — | — |
| Summit town | 596 | $76,250 | $200,400 | $1,011 |
| Pine Ridge CDP | 595 | $54,286 | $107,700 | $702 |
| Clio town | 591 | $28,875 | $69,300 | $542 |
| Bucksport CDP | 583 | — | $180,200 | — |
| Fair Play CDP | 578 | $113,466 | $230,900 | — |
| Modoc CDP | 576 | $95,500 | $411,200 | — |
| Helena CDP | 571 | — | $132,100 | $892 |
| Eastover town | 566 | $22,750 | $110,400 | $680 |
| Gilbert town | 563 | $76,364 | $239,100 | $980 |
| Little Rock CDP | 560 | $55,104 | $62,700 | — |
| Hickory Grove town | 559 | $61,250 | $119,400 | $1,118 |
| Pinewood town | 559 | $27,500 | $88,500 | $435 |
| Bonneau town | 536 | $58,750 | $235,500 | $1,188 |
| Sheldon CDP | 536 | $30,239 | — | — |
| Lane town | 531 | $35,726 | $113,900 | $1,063 |
| Eutawville town | 530 | — | $72,900 | $731 |
| North Santee CDP | 528 | $42,393 | $236,100 | — |
| Fairview Crossroads CDP | 523 | $45,994 | $96,900 | — |
| Sharon town | 515 | $44,125 | $207,400 | $933 |
| Hilda town | 506 | $46,111 | $56,600 | $725 |
| Cross Hill town | 502 | $37,083 | $80,400 | $1,013 |
| Briarcliffe Acres town | 499 | $182,083 | $760,400 | — |
| Enoree CDP | 472 | — | $105,700 | — |
| Society Hill town | 460 | $32,115 | $71,500 | $693 |
| Brunson town | 457 | $37,391 | $102,700 | $922 |
| Centenary CDP | 453 | $13,313 | $168,100 | — |
| Cameron town | 451 | $72,500 | $200,000 | $1,025 |
| Little Mountain town | 446 | $90,893 | $266,700 | — |
| Carlisle town | 438 | $59,750 | $68,000 | $871 |
| Springfield town | 434 | $44,583 | $78,200 | $814 |
| Neeses town | 431 | $37,708 | $47,100 | — |
| Alcolu CDP | 426 | $41,917 | $166,400 | $685 |
| Converse CDP | 424 | $50,139 | $168,200 | $831 |
| Bethune town | 421 | $42,656 | $96,400 | $1,644 |
| Startex CDP | 417 | — | — | — |
| Ehrhardt town | 416 | $33,984 | $102,100 | $593 |
| Hemingway town | 413 | $44,375 | $161,700 | $665 |
| Lockhart town | 411 | $37,188 | $34,900 | $744 |
| Rowesville town | 406 | $28,125 | $114,200 | $738 |
| Finklea CDP | 404 | — | — | — |
| Richburg town | 404 | — | $143,800 | — |
| West Union town | 396 | $49,821 | $149,200 | $679 |
| Newry CDP | 393 | — | — | — |
| Grover CDP | 390 | — | — | — |
| Paxville town | 386 | $56,071 | $156,800 | $783 |
| Danwood CDP | 384 | $120,188 | $181,500 | — |
| Lynchburg town | 373 | $15,000 | $101,000 | $829 |
| Adams Run CDP | 370 | — | $256,600 | — |
| Greeleyville town | 364 | $31,250 | $100,000 | $492 |
| Lowrys town | 357 | $79,018 | $160,400 | $2,173 |
| Donalds town | 352 | $49,643 | $109,100 | $818 |
| Elliott CDP | 347 | $39,306 | $86,700 | — |
| Cokesbury CDP | 341 | — | $78,700 | — |
| Patrick town | 341 | $27,153 | $51,400 | $768 |
| Mount Carmel CDP | 338 | $41,534 | $83,000 | — |
| Salley town | 335 | $34,189 | $212,500 | $694 |
| Perry town | 333 | $35,179 | $90,500 | $829 |
| South Union CDP | 333 | — | — | — |
| Trenton town | 320 | $52,986 | $153,100 | $792 |
| Gillisonville CDP | 317 | — | — | — |
| McConnells town | 312 | $80,833 | $236,700 | $725 |
| Harbor Island CDP | 310 | $100,250 | $284,500 | — |
| Reevesville town | 295 | $72,500 | — | — |
| Ward town | 284 | $55,625 | $115,600 | $795 |
| Atlantic Beach town | 283 | $40,000 | $342,100 | $982 |
| Buford CDP | 283 | $77,639 | $188,800 | — |
| Snelling town | 283 | $41,042 | $63,900 | $793 |
| Norway town | 279 | $47,632 | $126,700 | $853 |
| Russellville CDP | 273 | — | $80,000 | — |
| Daviston CDP | 263 | — | $107,700 | — |
| Central Pacolet town | 255 | $29,500 | $95,000 | $738 |
| Pauline CDP | 255 | $79,732 | $207,100 | — |
| Antreville CDP | 253 | $136,250 | $350,000 | — |
| Ruby town | 244 | $49,167 | $108,700 | $750 |
| Windsor town | 243 | $107,500 | $327,800 | $825 |
| Ridgeway town | 240 | $47,143 | $187,500 | $671 |
| Fingerville CDP | 238 | — | — | — |
| Lydia CDP | 237 | $22,275 | $42,800 | — |
| Floydale CDP | 236 | $19,628 | $75,500 | — |
| Stuckey town | 234 | $31,786 | $85,500 | — |
| Starr town | 231 | $57,813 | $153,800 | $850 |
| Mulberry CDP | 230 | $39,697 | — | — |
| Luray town | 221 | $52,321 | — | — |
| Jacksonboro CDP | 220 | — | $88,200 | — |
| Dacusville CDP | 216 | $50,556 | $279,400 | — |
| Oswego CDP | 211 | — | — | — |
| Abney Crossroads CDP | 209 | $43,560 | — | — |
| Monetta town | 209 | $55,781 | $52,800 | $964 |
| Salem town | 208 | $63,750 | $154,800 | — |
| Bradley CDP | 207 | — | $75,600 | — |
| Vance town | 206 | $46,250 | $96,300 | $1,075 |
| Gifford town | 200 | $29,583 | $91,900 | $664 |
| Rembert CDP | 199 | $50,950 | — | — |
| Elko town | 198 | $41,023 | $85,700 | — |
| Nichols town | 195 | $46,471 | $72,500 | — |
| Waterloo town | 192 | $41,250 | — | — |
| Olar town | 188 | $36,607 | $80,000 | $1,125 |
| Sellers town | 188 | $23,250 | $13,500 | $416 |
| Lobeco CDP | 178 | — | $104,500 | — |
| Hodges town | 177 | $54,531 | $126,600 | — |
| Wisacky CDP | 175 | $29,413 | $165,100 | — |
| Glendale CDP | 173 | — | $93,800 | — |
| Glenn Springs CDP | 173 | — | $269,100 | — |
| Livingston town | 173 | $47,188 | — | $525 |
| Lowndesville town | 166 | — | — | $520 |
| Shiloh CDP | 165 | $82,411 | $126,800 | — |
| Troy town | 164 | $45,833 | — | — |
| Cordova town | 160 | $73,750 | $85,000 | $890 |
| Silverstreet town | 160 | $72,273 | $170,800 | — |
| Lodge town | 150 | $34,625 | $58,500 | — |
| Smoaks town | 148 | $63,125 | $148,200 | — |
| Woodford town | 139 | $53,125 | $73,800 | $936 |
| Mount Croghan town | 138 | $65,833 | $106,300 | — |
| Kline town | 135 | $68,750 | $126,800 | $1,063 |
| Boykin CDP | 134 | $134,219 | — | — |
| Sycamore town | 128 | — | $98,300 | $658 |
| Promised Land CDP | 127 | — | $109,600 | — |
| Scotia town | 126 | — | — | — |
| Clarks Hill CDP | 125 | $40,714 | — | — |
| Rockville town | 125 | $76,563 | $475,000 | — |
| Ulmer town | 118 | $95,250 | — | — |
| Pawleys Island town | 116 | $118,750 | $1,538,500 | — |
| Williams town | 116 | $61,250 | $89,400 | — |
| Pomaria town | 103 | $71,250 | $176,600 | — |
| Ware Place CDP | 101 | $93,611 | $79,700 | — |
| Mountville CDP | 100 | $68,710 | — | — |
| Tatum town | 97 | $34,583 | $101,600 | — |
| Plum Branch town | 95 | $145,833 | $121,900 | — |
| St. Charles CDP | 94 | $31,515 | $260,900 | — |
| Parksville town | 90 | $41,250 | $175,000 | $638 |
| Cross Anchor CDP | 89 | — | $92,600 | — |
| Gramling CDP | 89 | — | — | — |
| Princeton CDP | 88 | $143,684 | — | — |
| Willington CDP | 84 | — | — | — |
| Browntown CDP | 80 | $20,086 | — | — |
| Peak town | 78 | — | $165,600 | — |
| Zion CDP | 77 | — | — | — |
| Tradesville CDP | 74 | $38,333 | — | — |
| Jamestown town | 70 | — | — | $1,615 |
| Tamassee CDP | 67 | — | — | — |
| Foreston CDP | 66 | — | — | — |
| Govan town | 61 | $95,833 | $97,500 | — |
| Green Sea CDP | 58 | — | — | — |
| Islandton CDP | 54 | $38,250 | $126,300 | — |
| Smyrna town | 50 | — | $215,400 | — |
| Jenkinsville town | 47 | — | — | — |
| Blenheim town | 46 | $66,667 | $142,500 | — |
| Coronaca CDP | 46 | — | — | — |
| Ketchuptown CDP | 42 | — | — | — |
| Rains CDP | 40 | — | — | — |
| Caesars Head CDP | 37 | — | $340,000 | — |
| Coosawhatchie CDP | 37 | — | — | — |
| Ashwood CDP | 35 | — | — | — |
| Cherokee Falls CDP | 28 | — | — | — |
| Cope town | 27 | — | — | — |
| Longcreek CDP | 26 | — | — | — |
| Live Oak CDP | 21 | — | — | — |
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Reading this South Carolina list
What the South Carolina numbers actually show.
South Carolina splits between a handful of population centres — 32% of its 2,611,112 counted residents live in the ten largest places — and a long tail of smaller communities. 7 places pass 50,000 residents, while 209 sit below a thousand. The median row holds just 1,276 residents. At that scale margins of error widen sharply, and a single large household or seasonal population can shift a median.
Buying is a little easier here than nationally: South Carolina's median place shows $157,700 in home value on $51,671 of income, a ratio of 3.1 against 3.9 across the country. Median gross rent runs $903 including utilities, or about 21% of median household income annually.
Incomes fan out sharply inside South Carolina. Strip the outliers and the top-decile place still earns 2.98× the bottom-decile one ($95,250 against $31,996); include them and Kiawah Island town tops the list at $236,607 and Centenary CDP anchors the bottom at $13,313. A single "South Carolina average" is averaging across two different economies.
About one row in 8 is incomplete — 59 of 475 places have a suppressed estimate, almost all of them at the small end. Five-year estimates average responses over sixty months, so what is published is a stable baseline rather than a reading of this month's market.
Questions people ask
Specific to South Carolina.
How many places does South Carolina have? 475 appear in the current federal tabulation, counting incorporated cities, towns and villages together with census-designated places — unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. 44% of them have fewer than a thousand residents, so the list is far longer than the number of towns you would recognise by name.
Which South Carolina row should I compare mine against? Pick places within roughly the same population band. In a state this spread out, size drives the housing and income figures more than region does.
How current is this? Every figure comes from the American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year release published by the US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates. It reflects the full survey window rather than a single date, and it is the most recent vintage available for places this small.
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