Small towns in South Carolina
118 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 81 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of South Carolina outside metro areas, everyday prices run 13.8% below the U.S. average, and housing 45% below.
Closest to a big city
- Mauldin5 miles to Greenville
- Simpsonville10 miles to Greenville
- Pelzer15 miles to Greenville
- West Pelzer15 miles to Greenville
- Williamston16 miles to Greenville
Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.
Lowest home values
- Whitmire$53,500
- McColl$56,300
- Great Falls$60,400
- Fairfax$63,000
- Calhoun Falls$70,700
Typical value of an owner-occupied home.
Growing fastest
- Hardeevilleup 112% since 2020
- Woodruffup 40% since 2020
- Blufftonup 30% since 2020
- Mauldinup 27% since 2020
- Yorkup 24% since 2020
College towns
- ClemsonClemson University
- ClintonPresbyterian College
- DenmarkVoorhees University
- Due WestErskine College
- OrangeburgClaflin University
Tourist towns
- Kiawah Island56% vacation homes
- Edisto Beach49% vacation homes
- North Myrtle Beach48% vacation homes
- Seabrook Island44% vacation homes
- Wyboo37% vacation homes
- Litchfield Beach34% vacation homes
- Hilton Head Island25% vacation homes
Hospital in town
Every town in South Carolina
Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.
| Town | People | Since 2020 | Typical home | Household income | Miles to a big city | Miles to an ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville | 4,902 | +1.2% | $106,400 | $40,575 | 45 | In town |
| Allendale | 2,427 | -9.4% | $86,500 | $23,529 | 140 | 5 |
| Anderson | 31,323 | +6.2% | $218,200 | $46,933 | 27 | In town |
| Andrews | 2,522 | -2.5% | $116,400 | 141 | 17 | |
| Arcadia suburb | 3,426 | $116,800 | $55,218 | 23 | 3 | |
| Arkwright suburb | 2,816 | $53,519 | 25 | 2 | ||
| Arthurtown suburb | 3,272 | $21,046 | 86 | 3 | ||
| Awendaw | 1,502 | +6.5% | $399,200 | $77,010 | 169 | 9 |
| Aynor | 1,068 | +8.8% | $255,700 | $73,984 | 125 | 14 |
| Bamberg | 2,920 | -4.6% | 131 | 26 | ||
| Barnwell | 4,619 | -0.6% | $145,300 | $52,006 | 124 | 20 |
| Batesburg-Leesville | 5,346 | +1.7% | $135,100 | $49,646 | 80 | 25 |
| Baxter Village suburb | 4,542 | $670,500 | $151,629 | 15 | 7 | |
| Beaufort | 15,775 | +15% | $345,400 | $61,220 | 157 | In town |
| Belton | 4,631 | +6.7% | $133,500 | $49,107 | 23 | 9 |
| Belvedere suburb | 5,180 | $143,500 | $53,021 | 93 | 6 | |
| Bennettsville | 7,565 | -4.9% | $92,100 | $37,115 | 76 | 14 |
| Berea suburb | 16,862 | $204,700 | $49,829 | 7 | 4 | |
| Bishopville | 2,829 | -5.5% | $128,200 | $39,276 | 76 | 12 |
| Blacksburg | 1,965 | +4.1% | $157,400 | $32,092 | 39 | 7 |
| Blackville | 1,925 | -0.1% | $80,400 | 120 | 27 | |
| Bluffton | 36,807 | +30.1% | $492,100 | $111,281 | 137 | 9 |
| Blythewood suburb | 7,233 | +49.1% | $384,600 | $94,167 | 70 | 13 |
| Boiling Springs suburb | 12,936 | $244,400 | $72,068 | 26 | 6 | |
| Brookdale | 4,291 | $96,500 | $39,449 | 117 | 35 | |
| Burnettown suburb | 3,267 | +6.4% | $189,800 | $50,347 | 95 | 8 |
| Burton suburb | 6,912 | $247,600 | $68,063 | 154 | 3 | |
| Calhoun Falls | 1,779 | +3% | $70,700 | $38,715 | 53 | 14 |
| Camden | 9,201 | +17.9% | $265,300 | $63,576 | 67 | In town |
| Capitol View suburb | 4,374 | $187,600 | $46,645 | 86 | 5 | |
| Cayce suburb | 13,680 | -0.7% | $166,800 | $62,045 | 88 | 4 |
| Centerville suburb | 7,049 | $229,700 | $64,380 | 29 | 4 | |
| Central suburb | 5,298 | +0% | $256,600 | $60,258 | 25 | 11 |
| Chapin | 1,945 | +7.6% | $221,000 | $79,922 | 75 | 17 |
| Cheraw | 4,921 | -1.6% | $152,200 | $26,689 | 63 | In town |
| Cherryvale suburb | 2,611 | $90,500 | $40,428 | 90 | 7 | |
| Chester | 5,324 | +1% | $123,000 | $46,138 | 41 | In town |
| Chesterfield | 1,357 | +1% | $184,200 | $44,526 | 54 | 10 |
| Clearwater suburb | 3,319 | $158,100 | $51,731 | 96 | 5 | |
| Clemson | 18,941 | +6.7% | $398,400 | $49,520 | 28 | 10 |
| Clemson University suburb | 7,015 | 29 | 9 | |||
| Clinton | 7,918 | +3.8% | $173,400 | $44,522 | 38 | 5 |
| Clover | 7,659 | +12.9% | $295,700 | $85,450 | 23 | 12 |
| Cowpens | 2,257 | +11.2% | $160,300 | $39,094 | 34 | 8 |
| Dalzell | 2,946 | $157,500 | $47,354 | 85 | 8 | |
| Darlington suburb | 6,075 | -2% | $172,300 | $33,952 | 83 | 10 |
| Denmark | 3,059 | -3.4% | $27,451 | 127 | 25 | |
| Dentsville suburb | 15,209 | $163,700 | $45,473 | 79 | 4 | |
| Dillon | 6,227 | -4.5% | $115,500 | $35,891 | 99 | In town |
| Due West | 1,299 | +5.6% | $185,000 | $53,603 | 35 | 11 |
| Duncan suburb | 4,675 | +15.6% | $211,400 | 14 | 6 | |
| Dunean suburb | 3,668 | $203,000 | $48,553 | 4 | 2 | |
| East Camden | 4,194 | $183,100 | $53,715 | 67 | In town | |
| East Gaffney | 2,824 | $77,600 | $25,227 | 45 | In town | |
| Edgefield | 4,182 | +7% | $122,500 | $39,688 | 77 | In town |
| Edisto Beach | 1,071 | +4.1% | $719,200 | $85,521 | 169 | 23 |
| Elgin | 1,675 | +2.6% | $217,400 | $91,667 | 72 | 11 |
| Estill | 1,778 | -1.9% | $94,100 | $36,111 | 158 | 11 |
| Fairfax | 1,352 | -9% | $63,000 | $40,649 | 145 | In town |
| Five Forks suburb | 18,656 | $452,200 | $141,786 | 8 | 4 | |
| Florence | 41,231 | +3.2% | $211,400 | $56,143 | 92 | In town |
| Folly Beach suburb | 2,081 | +0.3% | $1,000,000 | 182 | 8 | |
| Forest Acres suburb | 10,390 | -2.2% | $279,300 | $78,306 | 82 | 3 |
| Forestbrook suburb | 7,479 | $335,800 | $81,286 | 147 | 5 | |
| Fort Lawn | 1,009 | +4.7% | $185,300 | $60,288 | 35 | 7 |
| Fountain Inn suburb | 14,722 | +40.1% | $275,300 | $73,585 | 13 | 3 |
| Gaffney | 12,583 | -1.1% | $137,700 | $41,089 | 43 | In town |
| Gantt suburb | 15,401 | $184,400 | $47,316 | 4 | 4 | |
| Garden City suburb | 11,591 | $217,400 | $47,249 | 153 | 3 | |
| Gaston suburb | 1,651 | +2.2% | $120,000 | $60,000 | 97 | 12 |
| Georgetown | 8,869 | +5.8% | $168,100 | $56,981 | 155 | In town |
| Gloverville suburb | 2,505 | 96 | 5 | |||
| Golden Grove suburb | 2,913 | $178,000 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Great Falls | 1,960 | +0.7% | $60,400 | $30,458 | 44 | 12 |
| Greenwood | 22,745 | +1.1% | $136,300 | $41,150 | 46 | In town |
| Hampton | 2,598 | -4.1% | $206,400 | $43,472 | 154 | In town |
| Hardeeville | 16,459 | +112% | $488,900 | $78,365 | 140 | In town |
| Hartsville | 7,374 | -0.9% | $205,600 | $49,272 | 72 | In town |
| Hilltop suburb | 2,950 | $125,800 | $37,444 | 25 | In town | |
| Hilton Head Island | 38,196 | +1.6% | $687,400 | $94,657 | 139 | In town |
| Holly Hill | 1,280 | -2.5% | $232,000 | 132 | 26 | |
| Hollywood | 5,652 | +6.6% | $460,100 | $73,693 | 174 | 10 |
| Homeland Park suburb | 6,632 | $103,700 | $40,218 | 31 | 3 | |
| Homewood suburb | 2,708 | 136 | 8 | |||
| Honea Path | 3,950 | +6.9% | $155,400 | 27 | 15 | |
| India Hook suburb | 3,960 | $348,300 | $106,667 | 17 | 4 | |
| Inman | 3,458 | +15.3% | $192,500 | $63,599 | 21 | 10 |
| Irmo suburb | 12,204 | +6% | $203,400 | $80,489 | 79 | 10 |
| Isle of Palms suburb | 4,377 | +0.7% | $1,581,300 | $156,979 | 177 | 5 |
| Iva | 1,209 | +6.8% | $156,400 | $25,000 | 40 | 14 |
| Jackson | 1,639 | +7.3% | $199,800 | $39,634 | 109 | 12 |
| James Island suburb | 12,660 | +5.4% | $508,600 | $104,217 | 178 | 3 |
| Johnsonville | 1,348 | -0.7% | $167,100 | $44,830 | 125 | 25 |
| Johnston | 2,233 | +11.7% | $106,600 | $34,412 | 76 | 8 |
| Judson suburb | 2,515 | $119,100 | $38,646 | 4 | In town | |
| Keowee Key | 3,351 | $556,000 | $124,788 | 31 | 10 | |
| Kershaw | 2,038 | +17.9% | $168,200 | $68,693 | 48 | 17 |
| Kiawah Island | 2,014 | 0% | $2,000,000 or more | $213,594 | 184 | 13 |
| Kingstree | 3,022 | -6.4% | $177,000 | $26,322 | 121 | 22 |
| Ladson suburb | 16,140 | $234,900 | $78,760 | 158 | 3 | |
| Lake City | 5,940 | -1.4% | $144,300 | $33,600 | 111 | 20 |
| Lake Murray of Richland suburb | 7,023 | $422,100 | $119,107 | 79 | 13 | |
| Lake Wylie suburb | 16,006 | $485,600 | $112,097 | 16 | 10 | |
| Lakewood suburb | 3,544 | $294,200 | $56,500 | 99 | 6 | |
| Lancaster | 9,623 | +13.2% | $239,100 | $46,311 | 34 | In town |
| Landrum | 2,865 | +15.5% | $215,000 | $44,238 | 26 | 5 |
| Latta | 1,235 | -4.7% | $108,500 | $47,985 | 100 | 7 |
| Laurel Bay suburb | 5,882 | $231,800 | $54,345 | 155 | 6 | |
| Laurens | 9,327 | -0.2% | $180,700 | $49,246 | 30 | 5 |
| Lesslie suburb | 3,077 | $258,400 | $100,618 | 23 | 8 | |
| Liberty suburb | 3,344 | -1.4% | $174,300 | $42,206 | 19 | 6 |
| Lincolnville suburb | 1,241 | +7.4% | $245,100 | $40,417 | 157 | 1 |
| Litchfield Beach | 9,044 | $459,000 | $76,351 | 155 | 7 | |
| Little River suburb | 11,771 | $305,800 | $65,786 | 135 | 13 | |
| Loris | 2,935 | +19% | $214,300 | $36,899 | 123 | 20 |
| Lugoff | 9,786 | $223,900 | $69,485 | 69 | 7 | |
| Lyman suburb | 7,103 | +15.7% | $277,600 | $75,653 | 16 | 9 |
| Manning | 3,829 | -1.9% | $157,600 | $28,569 | 110 | In town |
| Marion | 6,028 | -5.4% | $137,300 | $30,662 | 108 | 8 |
| Mauldin | 31,465 | +26.8% | $258,500 | $82,331 | 5 | 5 |
| McColl | 1,974 | -4.2% | $56,300 | $26,638 | 82 | 7 |
| McCormick | 2,010 | -9.7% | $92,000 | $41,111 | 64 | 19 |
| Meggett | 1,484 | +6.3% | $714,100 | $97,865 | 177 | 15 |
| Mullins | 3,838 | -4.4% | $95,300 | $34,908 | 113 | In town |
| Murrells Inlet suburb | 10,044 | $366,000 | $77,438 | 152 | In town | |
| Myrtle Beach | 40,937 | +13.8% | $388,800 | $60,394 | 147 | 5 |
| New Ellenton | 2,338 | +6.1% | $174,200 | $58,476 | 105 | 12 |
| Newberry | 10,891 | +1.8% | $142,400 | $51,260 | 58 | In town |
| Newport suburb | 4,121 | $342,000 | $110,417 | 20 | 3 | |
| Ninety Six | 2,089 | +0.6% | $121,000 | $55,417 | 50 | 8 |
| North Hartsville | 3,304 | $59,744 | 70 | 4 | ||
| North Myrtle Beach | 21,346 | +12.7% | $416,900 | $72,722 | 139 | 8 |
| Northlake suburb | 4,390 | $277,700 | $89,635 | 26 | 5 | |
| Oak Grove suburb | 12,256 | $210,300 | $74,554 | 87 | 3 | |
| Orangeburg | 13,383 | +1.6% | $163,500 | $38,635 | 119 | 37 |
| Pacolet | 2,644 | +15.7% | $89,600 | $42,359 | 34 | 11 |
| Pageland | 2,518 | +2.2% | $186,600 | $42,679 | 39 | 16 |
| Pamplico | 1,062 | +0.2% | $142,500 | 110 | 15 | |
| Parker suburb | 12,898 | $150,400 | $40,043 | 5 | In town | |
| Pelzer | 1,434 | +6.5% | $178,100 | $58,134 | 15 | 13 |
| Pendleton suburb | 3,739 | +6.9% | $250,500 | $61,901 | 27 | 12 |
| Pickens | 3,188 | +1.4% | $204,100 | $55,000 | 20 | In town |
| Piedmont suburb | 5,462 | $161,900 | $52,764 | 11 | 10 | |
| Pine Ridge suburb | 2,346 | +8% | $227,900 | $95,000 | 92 | 6 |
| Port Royal | 16,648 | +12.8% | $347,200 | $74,870 | 151 | 4 |
| Powdersville suburb | 10,771 | $334,900 | $84,910 | 9 | 6 | |
| Prosperity | 1,259 | +6.5% | $152,200 | $62,958 | 64 | 7 |
| Ravenel | 2,728 | +6.9% | $238,700 | $82,738 | 172 | 11 |
| Red Bank suburb | 11,314 | $189,000 | $68,004 | 90 | 9 | |
| Red Hill suburb | 15,920 | $249,500 | $68,250 | 143 | In town | |
| Reidville suburb | 1,905 | +16.2% | $331,000 | $120,700 | 14 | 6 |
| Ridgeland | 3,818 | +2% | $228,400 | $62,981 | 154 | 14 |
| Ridgeville | 1,230 | -32.9% | $181,800 | $55,637 | 149 | 10 |
| Roebuck suburb | 2,902 | $211,600 | $51,204 | 23 | 3 | |
| Saluda | 3,086 | +0.2% | $77,700 | $42,506 | 67 | 18 |
| Sangaree suburb | 8,681 | $251,800 | $77,673 | 156 | 4 | |
| Sans Souci suburb | 7,665 | $226,500 | $45,069 | 5 | 3 | |
| Saxon suburb | 4,085 | $90,000 | $32,292 | 24 | 2 | |
| Seabrook Island | 2,171 | +5.6% | $1,001,400 | $127,500 | 178 | 18 |
| Seneca | 9,424 | +6.5% | $240,000 | $52,022 | 36 | In town |
| Seven Oaks suburb | 15,921 | $208,400 | $62,955 | 82 | 5 | |
| Simpsonville | 28,459 | +20.4% | $299,300 | $82,457 | 10 | In town |
| South Congaree suburb | 2,424 | +0.1% | $192,500 | $59,539 | 91 | 6 |
| Southern Shops suburb | 3,797 | $109,600 | $37,754 | 23 | 3 | |
| Spartanburg | 39,978 | +3.6% | $203,700 | $51,964 | 26 | In town |
| Springdale suburb | 2,877 | +5.1% | $221,700 | $77,722 | 88 | 2 |
| St. Andrews suburb | 19,868 | $161,300 | $46,511 | 82 | 4 | |
| St. George | 1,868 | +1.9% | 141 | 19 | ||
| St. Matthews | 1,827 | -1.2% | $204,200 | $51,310 | 107 | 27 |
| St. Stephen | 1,623 | +2.8% | $65,370 | 135 | 26 | |
| Sullivan's Island suburb | 1,961 | +3.3% | $2,000,000 or more | $192,813 | 178 | 4 |
| Sumter | 43,094 | -0.8% | $199,100 | $55,592 | 91 | In town |
| Surfside Beach suburb | 4,392 | +5.5% | $450,100 | $70,106 | 153 | 5 |
| Tega Cay suburb | 14,457 | +12.4% | $529,200 | $142,000 | 16 | 6 |
| Timmonsville | 2,117 | +1.1% | $104,300 | $34,630 | 90 | 11 |
| Travelers Rest suburb | 9,135 | +16.8% | $284,800 | $54,583 | 10 | 8 |
| Union | 8,077 | -1.6% | $109,400 | $31,914 | 43 | In town |
| Valley Falls suburb | 8,239 | $256,600 | $55,661 | 25 | 3 | |
| Van Wyck | 1,065 | +21.2% | 24 | 10 | ||
| Varnville | 1,626 | -3.2% | $115,800 | $55,714 | 156 | In town |
| Walhalla | 4,320 | +5.8% | $171,900 | $36,327 | 40 | 7 |
| Walterboro | 5,485 | -0.2% | $183,500 | $56,457 | 160 | In town |
| Ware Shoals | 1,733 | +1.8% | $82,000 | $36,622 | 32 | 16 |
| Welcome suburb | 6,527 | $206,300 | $66,094 | 6 | 4 | |
| Wellford suburb | 3,914 | +15.6% | $223,000 | $57,338 | 16 | 8 |
| West Columbia suburb | 18,489 | +5.7% | $201,700 | $56,912 | 86 | In town |
| West Pelzer | 1,038 | +7.3% | $172,500 | $53,750 | 15 | 14 |
| Westminster | 2,504 | +5.4% | $178,100 | $40,946 | 43 | 6 |
| White Knoll suburb | 8,310 | $249,400 | $80,246 | 92 | 10 | |
| Whitmire | 1,475 | +4.9% | $53,500 | $37,837 | 48 | 14 |
| Whitney suburb | 3,685 | $157,400 | $51,275 | 27 | In town | |
| Williamston | 4,338 | +6.9% | $162,800 | $64,389 | 16 | 12 |
| Williston | 2,898 | +0.3% | $105,100 | $39,484 | 113 | 23 |
| Winnsboro | 3,305 | -3.5% | $132,400 | $37,434 | 60 | 24 |
| Woodfield suburb | 9,465 | $150,800 | $45,526 | 80 | 2 | |
| Woodruff | 6,026 | +39.8% | $204,800 | $70,959 | 20 | 12 |
| Wyboo | 3,639 | $253,000 | $59,074 | 119 | 8 | |
| Yemassee | 1,145 | +1.3% | $44,896 | 169 | 17 | |
| York | 10,620 | +24.1% | $198,600 | $56,176 | 27 | 11 |
Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.