A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Denmark$570/mo

Typical home $91K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $806/mo · Housing →

Mullins$760/mo

Typical home $134K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.56% · or rent about $628/mo · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Mullins and Denmark.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Carolina ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DDenmarkSafer than 8% of U.S. towns D−MullinsSafer than 1% of U.S. towns

Schools

–DenmarkNot graded DMullinsBetter than 12% of districts in the state

Health

DDenmarkHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns DMullinsHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns

8Denmark

8Mullins

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 173 towns #9#169 SafestSafety · 84 towns #50#78 Most walkableOutdoors · 173 towns #69#21 Fewest smokersHealth · 173 towns #98#141 Most remote workersWork · 168 towns #137#108 Cheapest rentCost of living · 170 towns #32#7 Most educatedPeople · 173 towns #132#108 Most activeHealth · 173 towns #126#147

Left end = #1 in South Carolina. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Denmark’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

DenmarkMullins

Snow a year0″1″

January low37°F 32°F

July high91°F 92°F

Growing season (days)240d 227d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 90th

Outdoors & history

DenmarkMullins

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1%1.2%

Settled—1872

National Register places3 7

Archive photos—17

Famous people born here5 —

Community

DenmarkMullins

Library hours a week26 hrs 41 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

124 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DenmarkSC MullinsSC

Denmark ↔ Mullins124 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs South Carolina average

DenmarkMullins

People

Population 3,117Lowest 3,914Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.9%Highest SC: +10.7% -13.7%Lowest SC: +10.7%

Median age 29.1±5.9Lowest 28% below SC 37.9±7.7Highest 6% below SC

Mullins and Denmark are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 15.3%±5Lowest SC: 21.4% 28.1%±6.2Highest SC: 21.4%

Age 65+ 18.4%±5.3Lowest SC: 18.9% 20.1%±5.1Highest SC: 18.9%

Mullins and Denmark are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.1%Lowest SC: 32.1% 19.9%Highest SC: 32.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 18.9%±1Highest SC: 5.7% 1.5%±0.9Lowest SC: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $27,451±$11kLowest 60% below SC $34,908±$16kHighest 50% below SC

Mullins and Denmark are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $63,900±$35kLowest 75% below SC $95,300±$20kHighest 63% below SC

Mullins and Denmark are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $806±$97Highest 32% below SC $628±$159Lowest 47% below SC

Denmark and Mullins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $744Highest 41% below SC $536Lowest 57% below SC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.6%±16.3Highest SC: 52.1% 51.4%±14.4Lowest SC: 52.1%

Denmark and Mullins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 35.1%Lowest SC: 14.1% 38.3%Highest SC: 14.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 44.5%Lowest SC: 71.9% 45.3%Highest SC: 71.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 15 yrs older than SC 1974Lowest 18 yrs older than SC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 31% below SC 35 minHighest 38% above SC

Work from home 3.3%±4.2Lowest SC: 11.5% 6.1%±5.4Highest SC: 11.5%

Mullins and Denmark are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 9.6%Lowest 10.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miHighest 28.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Lowest 0.93Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbia (6%)Marion (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MullinsFew work in Denmark

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 1.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 65.8Lowest 87.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#111 of 141 in SC

School district Bamberg 03Marion 10

High school in town Denmark-Olar HighMullins High

Students per teacherat that high school 9.5Lowest 18.0Highest

South Carolina average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Denmark vs Mullins

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Mullins

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

124 miles apart

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