The South Carolina cities with the strongest composite momentum scores.
South Carolina cities ranked by our composite momentum score — recent price changes, distance from peak, and population growth.
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1Port Royal, SCHilton Head Island-Bluffton · pop 16,50784Hot$355,796median home+5.0%home YoY 2Lyman, SCSpartanburg · pop 6,93978Hot$305,184median home+3.1%home YoY 3Woodruff, SCSpartanburg · pop 5,07278Hot$284,734median home+1.4%home YoY 4Anderson, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 30,93776Rising$272,913median home+1.9%home YoY 5Easley, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 27,00176Rising$322,127median home+2.1%home YoY 6Travelers Rest, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 8,96076Rising$351,160median home+2.7%home YoY 7Tega Cay, SCCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia · pop 14,29475Rising$614,941median home+0.5%home YoY 8Fountain Inn, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 13,78675Rising$307,970median home+1.4%home YoY 10Simpsonville, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 28,07874Rising$380,010median home+2.4%home YoY 11Hanahan, SCCharleston-North Charleston · pop 21,98374Rising$413,393median home-0.1%home YoY 12Clemson, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 18,61074Rising$407,457median home+1.8%home YoY 13Mount Pleasant, SCCharleston-North Charleston · pop 95,60473Rising$881,041median home+0.4%home YoY 14Camden, SCColumbia · pop 8,89973Rising$242,298median home+1.0%home YoY 15Oak Grove, SCColumbia · pop 12,89973Rising$242,756median home+1.3%home YoY 16Greer, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 46,31672Rising$350,548median home+2.1%home YoY 17Mauldin, SCGreenville-Anderson · pop 29,74672Rising$297,884median home+2.0%home YoY 18Seneca, SCSeneca · pop 9,20272Rising$307,710median home+2.2%home YoY 19Lugoff, SCColumbia · pop 9,99072Rising$263,474median home+2.2%home YoY 21Charleston, SCCharleston-North Charleston · pop 157,66571Rising$593,739median home+0.6%home YoY 22North Augusta, SCAugusta-Richmond County · pop 26,39571Rising$267,301median home+2.7%home YoY 24Moncks Corner, SCCharleston-North Charleston · pop 18,35971Rising$365,302median home+0.3%home YoY 25Beaufort, SCHilton Head Island-Bluffton · pop 14,33471Rising$414,423median home+1.3%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population.