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 →

Saluda$950/mo

Typical home $167K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $816/mo · Housing →

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,500 a year, between Saluda 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

Denmark places higher on 13 of 18 SC lists

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 C+SaludaSafer than 40% of U.S. towns

Schools

–DenmarkNot graded BSaludaBetter than 63% of districts in the state

Health

DDenmarkHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns DSaludaHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

13Denmark

4Saluda

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

SafestSafety · 84 towns #50#21 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 173 towns #120#170 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 173 towns #168#134 Highest incomeIncome · 172 towns #167#136 Shortest commuteGetting around · 173 towns #9#40 Most activeHealth · 173 towns #126#157 Lowest property taxCost of living · 172 towns #30#2 Fewest smokersHealth · 173 towns #98#121

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

DenmarkSaluda

Snow a year0″0″

January low37°F 32°F

July high91°F 93°F

Growing season (days)240d 218d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 59th

Outdoors & history

DenmarkSaluda

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land1%—

National Register places3 2

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here5 7

Community

DenmarkSaluda

Library hours a week26 hrs 40 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

60 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DenmarkSC SaludaSC

Denmark ↔ Saluda60 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

DenmarkSaluda

People

Population 3,117Highest 3,055Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.9%Highest SC: +10.7% -12.4%Lowest SC: +10.7%

Median age 29.1±5.9Lowest 28% below SC 30.9±5.3Highest 23% below SC

Saluda 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% 33.4%±6.7Highest SC: 21.4%

Age 65+ 18.4%±5.3Highest SC: 18.9% 10.1%±2.8Lowest SC: 18.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.1%Highest SC: 32.1% 14.1%Lowest SC: 32.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 18.9%±1Highest SC: 5.7% 1.9%±1.5Lowest SC: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $27,451±$11kLowest 60% below SC $42,506±$11kHighest 39% below SC

Saluda 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 $77,700±$36kHighest 70% below SC

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $806±$97Lowest 32% below SC $816±$121Highest 31% below SC

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $744Highest 41% below SC $384Lowest 69% below SC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.6%±16.3Highest SC: 52.1% 60%±20.4Lowest SC: 52.1%

Denmark and Saluda 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% 43.9%Highest SC: 14.1%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 44.5%Lowest SC: 71.9% 49%Highest SC: 71.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 15 yrs older than SC 1987Highest 5 yrs older than SC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 31% below SC 21 minHighest 19% below SC

Work from home 3.3%±4.2Highest SC: 11.5% 2.3%±2.6Lowest SC: 11.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.6%Highest 8.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miHighest 24.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Lowest 0.96Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbia (6%)Greenwood (4%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 65.8Highest 60.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#105 of 141 in SC

School district Bamberg 03Saluda 01

High school in town Denmark-Olar HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 9.5 —

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

Deciding?

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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 Saluda

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Saluda

Denmark places higher on 13 of 18 SC lists

What daily life feels like in each

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