Cities in South Carolina, United States
South Carolina has 99 published cities; the largest is Charleston, with 159,423 residents. The median gross salary runs from €1,914 to €6,339 a month across 35 cities.
Published cities in South Carolina
Sorted by population. A dash means the city has no published figure of its own for that column.
| City | Population | Net rent, €/m²/mo | Median gross salary, €/mo | Unemployment, % | PM2.5, µg/m³ |
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| Charleston | 159,423 | — | €4,010 | — | 6.9 |
| Columbia | 147,035 | — | €2,325 | — | 8.7 |
| North Charleston | 129,245 | — | €3,263 | — | 7.5 |
| Mount Pleasant | 95,469 | — | — | — | — |
| Rock Hill | 75,911 | — | — | — | 7.6 |
| Greenville | 75,310 | — | — | — | 8.8 |
| Summerville | 53,177 | — | — | — | — |
| Goose Creek | 52,010 | — | — | — | — |
| Greer | 50,007 | — | — | — | — |
| Sumter | 43,094 | — | — | — | — |
| Florence | 41,231 | — | — | — | 8.8 |
| Myrtle Beach | 40,937 | — | — | — | — |
| Spartanburg | 39,978 | — | — | — | 9.4 |
| Fort Mill | 38,673 | — | — | — | — |
| Hilton Head Island | 38,196 | — | — | — | — |
| Bluffton | 36,807 | — | — | — | — |
| Aiken | 33,808 | — | — | — | — |
| Mauldin | 31,465 | — | — | — | — |
| Anderson | 31,323 | — | — | — | 6.7 |
| Conway | 30,627 | — | — | — | 7.0 |
| Simpsonville | 28,459 | — | — | — | — |
| Easley | 27,319 | — | — | — | — |
| North Augusta | 26,982 | — | — | — | — |
| Lexington | 25,729 | — | — | — | 8.1 |
| Taylors | 23,222 | — | €3,321 | 4.0 | — |
| Greenwood | 22,745 | — | — | — | — |
| Hanahan | 22,415 | — | — | — | — |
| Socastee | 22,213 | — | €2,762 | 3.5 | — |
| Wade Hampton | 21,482 | — | €3,529 | 4.0 | — |
| North Myrtle Beach | 21,346 | — | — | — | — |
| Saint Andrews | 20,675 | — | — | 7.2 | — |
| Moncks Corner | 20,612 | — | — | — | — |
| Clemson | 18,941 | — | — | — | — |
| West Columbia | 18,489 | — | — | — | — |
| Five Forks | 17,737 | — | €5,367 | 3.0 | — |
| Port Royal | 16,648 | — | — | — | — |
| Hardeeville | 16,459 | — | — | — | — |
| Red Hill | 15,920 | — | €2,843 | 5.9 | — |
| Beaufort | 15,775 | — | — | — | — |
| Berea | 15,578 | — | €2,550 | 6.7 | — |
| Ladson | 15,550 | — | €2,996 | 5.3 | — |
| Gantt | 15,006 | — | €2,408 | 8.2 | — |
| Fountain Inn | 14,722 | — | — | — | — |
| Seven Oaks | 14,652 | — | €2,618 | 6.2 | — |
| Tega Cay | 14,457 | — | — | — | — |
| Dentsville | 14,431 | — | €2,736 | 5.0 | — |
| Cayce | 13,680 | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Wylie | 13,655 | — | €4,501 | 6.0 | — |
| Parker | 13,407 | — | €2,353 | 7.0 | — |
| Orangeburg | 13,383 | — | — | — | — |
| Boiling Springs | 12,936 | — | €3,543 | 3.5 | — |
| James Island | 12,660 | — | — | — | — |
| Gaffney | 12,583 | — | — | — | — |
| Oak Grove | 12,256 | — | €3,544 | 2.0 | — |
| Irmo | 12,204 | — | — | — | — |
| Little River | 11,711 | — | €2,885 | 4.2 | — |
| Newberry | 10,891 | — | — | — | — |
| York | 10,620 | — | — | — | 7.4 |
| Forest Acres | 10,390 | — | — | — | — |
| Garden City | 10,235 | — | €2,829 | 5.1 | — |
| Powdersville | 10,025 | — | €3,336 | 1.7 | — |
| Lugoff | 9,990 | — | €3,517 | 1.9 | — |
| Murrells Inlet | 9,740 | — | €2,982 | 2.0 | — |
| Lancaster | 9,623 | — | — | — | 7.9 |
| Seneca | 9,424 | — | — | — | — |
| Laurens | 9,327 | — | — | — | — |
| Camden | 9,201 | — | — | — | 6.9 |
| Woodfield | 9,199 | — | €2,544 | 8.0 | — |
| Travelers Rest | 8,960 | — | — | — | — |
| Georgetown | 8,869 | — | — | — | — |
| Sans Souci | 8,581 | — | €2,918 | 3.9 | — |
| Lake Murray of Richland | 8,110 | — | €6,339 | 2.3 | — |
| Union | 8,077 | — | — | — | 5.8 |
| Valley Falls | 8,012 | — | €2,427 | 5.5 | — |
| Clinton | 7,918 | — | — | — | 7.5 |
| Sangaree | 7,781 | — | €2,826 | 2.0 | — |
| Clover | 7,659 | — | — | — | — |
| Bennettsville | 7,565 | — | — | — | — |
| Hartsville | 7,374 | — | — | — | — |
| Welcome | 7,298 | — | €2,878 | 5.1 | — |
| Centerville | 7,049 | — | €3,186 | 1.6 | — |
| Lyman | 6,939 | — | — | — | — |
| Blythewood | 6,733 | — | — | — | — |
| Homeland Park | 6,445 | — | €1,914 | 15.3 | — |
| Dillon | 6,227 | — | — | — | 4.4 |
| Darlington | 6,075 | — | — | — | — |
| Marion | 6,028 | — | — | — | — |
| Lake City | 5,940 | — | — | — | — |
| Hollywood | 5,503 | — | — | — | — |
| Walterboro | 5,485 | — | — | — | — |
| Piedmont | 5,411 | — | €2,721 | 8.1 | — |
| Belvedere | 5,380 | — | €3,062 | 2.3 | — |
| Batesburg-Leesville | 5,346 | — | — | — | — |
| Chester | 5,324 | — | — | — | 7.6 |
| Central | 5,298 | — | — | — | — |
| Laurel Bay | 5,082 | — | €2,855 | 4.5 | — |
| Woodruff | 5,072 | — | — | — | — |
| Cheraw | 4,946 | — | €2,151 | 11.8 | — |
| Hilton Head | — | — | €3,486 | 3.0 | — |
Within South Carolina
Highest median gross salary
- Lake Murray of Richland: €6,339 a month (2020)
- Five Forks: €5,367 a month (2020)
- Lake Wylie: €4,501 a month (2020)
- Charleston: €4,010 a month (2024)
- Oak Grove: €3,544 a month (2020)
Cleanest air
- Dillon: 4.4 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Union: 5.8 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Anderson: 6.7 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Camden: 6.9 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Charleston: 6.9 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
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- ACS 2024 1-year table-based Summary File, table B20002 (Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars) by Sex for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings), place records
- EPA AQS annual PM2.5 monitor data 2024
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