Ranked · Open a storefront · South Carolina

Best cities to open a storefront in South Carolina

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Open a storefront” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median household income, businesses per 1k residents, avg. weekly wage, crime index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.Greenville, SC73k residents

   63/100

   median household income: $65,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,195/wk · sales tax: 6%

2. 2.Summerville, SC52k residents

   50/100

   median household income: $81,046 · avg. weekly wage: $1,069/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

3. 3.Fort Mill, SC31k residents

   49/100

   median household income: $121,823 · avg. weekly wage: $1,213/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

4. 4.Sumter, SC43k residents

   46/100

   median household income: $55,592 · avg. weekly wage: $1,051/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

5. 5.North Charleston, SC120k residents

   45/100

   median household income: $62,956 · avg. weekly wage: $1,069/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

6. 6.Bluffton, SC33k residents

   45/100

   median household income: $111,281 · avg. weekly wage: $1,102/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

7. 7.Conway, SC27k residents

   45/100

   median household income: $56,650 · avg. weekly wage: $963/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

8. 8.North Augusta, SC26k residents

   45/100

   median household income: $86,092 · avg. weekly wage: $1,269/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

9. 9.Myrtle Beach, SC38k residents

   44/100

   median household income: $60,394 · avg. weekly wage: $963/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

10. 10.Anderson, SC30k residents

    44/100

    median household income: $46,933 · avg. weekly wage: $1,044/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

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.