South Carolina cities

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73 South Carolina cities tracked. Sorted by composite momentum score (home prices, rent, population).

Long thesis

The state's pop-weighted momentum is 68/100, and only 3 of 65 tracked cities are in the 'Declining' tier. That's a healthier distribution than most states. Bull case: the average is good, and the bottom of the distribution isn't ugly.

Short thesis

The bear case is the boring one: the median market is fine but the cycle is real. Watch the cities at the bottom of this state's distribution as the early-warning signal.

73
Cities tracked
$303,641
Median home (state)
56
Rising / Hot
8
Cooling / Declining

Port Royal

pop 16,507
84
Hot$355,796 · +5.0%

Lyman

pop 6,939
78
Hot$305,184 · +3.1%

Woodruff

pop 5,072
78
Hot$284,734 · +1.4%

Anderson

pop 30,937
76
Rising$272,913 · +1.9%

Easley

pop 27,001
76
Rising$322,127 · +2.1%

Travelers Rest

pop 8,960
76
Rising$351,160 · +2.7%

Tega Cay

pop 14,294
75
Rising$614,941 · +0.5%

Fountain Inn

pop 13,786
75
Rising$307,970 · +1.4%

Hilton Head Island

pop 38,158
74
Rising$787,040 · +2.9%

Simpsonville

pop 28,078
74
Rising$380,010 · +2.4%

Hanahan

pop 21,983
74
Rising$413,393 · -0.1%

Clemson

pop 18,610
74
Rising$407,457 · +1.8%

Mount Pleasant

pop 95,604
73
Rising$881,041 · +0.4%

Camden

pop 8,899
73
Rising$242,298 · +1.0%

Oak Grove

pop 12,899
73
Rising$242,756 · +1.3%

Greer

pop 46,316
72
Rising$350,548 · +2.1%

Mauldin

pop 29,746
72
Rising$297,884 · +2.0%

Seneca

pop 9,202
72
Rising$307,710 · +2.2%

Lugoff

pop 9,990
72
Rising$263,474 · +2.2%

Boiling Springs

pop 10,405
72
Rising$282,546 · +2.8%

Charleston

pop 157,665
71
Rising$593,739 · +0.6%

North Augusta

pop 26,395
71
Rising$267,301 · +2.7%

West Columbia

pop 18,418
71
Rising$229,154 · +0.2%

Moncks Corner

pop 18,359
71
Rising$365,302 · +0.3%

Beaufort

pop 14,334
71
Rising$414,423 · +1.3%

Columbia

pop 144,788
70
Rising$229,993 · +1.4%

Forest Acres

pop 10,438
70
Rising$334,626 · +6.2%

York

pop 9,830
70
Rising$358,455 · -1.0%

Taylors

pop 23,222
70
Rising$311,949 · +2.2%

Greenville

pop 74,371
69
Rising$329,286 · +2.4%

Spartanburg

pop 39,606
69
Rising$234,899 · +2.4%

Bluffton

pop 36,146
69
Rising$497,956 · -2.3%

Lexington

pop 25,354
69
Rising$305,168 · +0.5%

Irmo

pop 12,086
69
Rising$284,137 · +1.5%

Piedmont

pop 5,411
69
Rising$303,641 · +3.0%

Goose Creek

pop 50,352
68
Rising$323,626 · -0.9%

Florence

pop 40,923
68
Rising$223,483 · +3.2%

Fort Mill

pop 36,244
68
Rising$529,279 · -1.5%

Aiken

pop 32,694
68
Rising$273,587 · +3.1%

Cayce

pop 13,645
68
Rising$212,812 · +1.9%

Clover

pop 7,558
68
Rising$415,735 · -1.1%

Blythewood

pop 6,733
68
Rising$342,706 · +0.1%

Hollywood

pop 5,503
68
Rising$518,936 · -0.5%

Central

pop 5,339
68
Rising$290,834 · -0.2%

North Charleston

pop 126,005
67
Rising$313,219 · -2.3%

Conway

pop 29,656
67
Rising$286,470 · -0.8%

Hartsville

pop 7,360
67
Rising$176,625 · +5.1%

Darlington

pop 6,045
67
Rising$148,009 · +6.2%

North Myrtle Beach

pop 20,798
66
Rising$389,999 · -2.0%

Murrells Inlet

pop 9,740
66
Rising$395,794 · -1.2%

Ladson

pop 15,550
64
Rising$315,358 · -2.1%

Rock Hill

pop 75,798
63
Rising$328,787 · -1.8%

Summerville

pop 52,625
63
Rising$381,565 · -1.3%

Sumter

pop 42,958
63
Rising$214,608 · +0.4%

Lancaster

pop 9,396
63
Rising$288,676 · -2.2%

Georgetown

pop 8,821
62
Rising$250,282 · -1.7%

Myrtle Beach

pop 40,535
61
Stable$321,339 · -1.6%

Greenwood

pop 22,667
60
Stable$188,180 · -1.4%

Batesburg-Leesville

pop 5,321
60
Stable$179,920 · -0.8%

Hardeeville

pop 13,862
59
Stable$419,971 · -7.6%

Orangeburg

pop 13,378
58
Stable$163,602 · +0.6%

Walterboro

pop 5,488
56
Stable$208,947 · -2.6%

Little River

pop 11,711
56
Stable$319,525 · -1.7%

Lake City

pop 5,916
54
Stable$127,543 · +0.7%

Union

pop 7,988
50
Stable$139,244 · +0.7%

Gaffney

pop 12,546
46
Cooling$180,514 · -4.0%

Newberry

pop 10,874
41
Cooling$167,124 · -2.1%

Chester

pop 5,230
38
Cooling$133,531 · -14.4%

Laurens

pop 9,352
37
Cooling$184,590 · -3.6%

Bennettsville

pop 7,595
36
Cooling$86,313 · -3.0%

Marion

pop 6,068
32
Declining$145,317 · -9.4%

Clinton

pop 7,852
30
Declining$161,810 · -4.2%

Dillon

pop 6,244
25
Declining$113,693 · -3.4%

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Tools for South Carolina

Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Cost of living & climate

Cost-of-living index
95.3 (US=100)
Below Us Avg. Source: MERIC Q4 2024 composite (housing, groceries, utilities, transport, healthcare, misc).
Climate

Humid subtropical. Hot humid summers, mild winters. Hurricane exposure on the coast; severe weather inland.

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