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Best value cities in South Carolina

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. 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 Augusta, SC26k residents

    70/100

    cost of living index: 85 · median home price: $233,600 · median household income: $86,092

  2. 2.Greenville, SC73k residents

    69/100

    cost of living index: 94 · median home price: $340,000 · median household income: $65,000

  3. 3.Florence, SC40k residents

    69/100

    cost of living index: 80 · median home price: $211,400 · median household income: $56,143

  4. 4.Conway, SC27k residents

    69/100

    cost of living index: 81 · median home price: $260,900 · median household income: $56,650

  5. 5.Sumter, SC43k residents

    68/100

    cost of living index: 82 · median home price: $199,100 · median household income: $55,592

  6. 6.Anderson, SC30k residents

    68/100

    cost of living index: 80 · median home price: $218,200 · median household income: $46,933

  7. 7.Aiken, SC33k residents

    67/100

    cost of living index: 87 · median home price: $286,800 · median household income: $76,746

  8. 8.Greer, SC42k residents

    66/100

    cost of living index: 89 · median home price: $288,700 · median household income: $82,626

  9. 9.Spartanburg, SC39k residents

    66/100

    cost of living index: 83 · median home price: $203,700 · median household income: $51,964

  10. 10.Mauldin, SC27k residents

    65/100

    cost of living index: 90 · median home price: $258,500 · median household income: $82,331

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 the best value in South Carolina?
North Augusta, SC ranks first with a fit score of 70/100, followed by Greenville (69) and Florence (69), using the "Best value" 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 cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.