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Ranked · Buying a home · South Carolina

Best cities for buying a home in South Carolina

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.North Charleston, SC120k residents

    68/100

    median home price: $302,200 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -2.2%

  2. 2.Rock Hill, SC75k residents

    68/100

    median home price: $295,100 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -1.5%

  3. 3.Goose Creek, SC48k residents

    68/100

    median home price: $306,000 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -0.9%

  4. 4.Conway, SC27k residents

    68/100

    median home price: $260,900 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -0.6%

  5. 5.Summerville, SC52k residents

    67/100

    median home price: $328,100 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -1.3%

  6. 6.Sumter, SC43k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $199,100 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +0.7%

  7. 7.Fort Mill, SC31k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $487,500 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -1.6%

  8. 8.North Augusta, SC26k residents

    65/100

    median home price: $233,600 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +2.6%

  9. 9.Mauldin, SC27k residents

    63/100

    median home price: $258,500 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +1.8%

  10. 10.Greer, SC42k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $288,700 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: +2.1%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in South Carolina?
North Charleston, SC ranks first with a fit score of 68/100, followed by Rock Hill (68) and Goose Creek (68), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.