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%

Mullins$760/mo

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

Denmark$570/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

8Mullins

8Denmark

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

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

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

MullinsDenmark

Snow a year1″0″

January low32°F 37°F

July high92°F 91°F

Growing season (days)227d 240d

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

Outdoors & history

MullinsDenmark

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.2%1%

Settled1872 —

National Register places7 3

Archive photos17 —

Famous people born here—5

Community

MullinsDenmark

Library hours a week41 hrs 26 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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.

MullinsSC DenmarkSC

Mullins ↔ Denmark124 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

MullinsDenmark

People

Population 3,914Highest 3,117Lowest

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

Median age 37.9±7.7Highest 6% below SC 29.1±5.9Lowest 28% 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 28.1%±6.2Highest SC: 21.4% 15.3%±5Lowest SC: 21.4%

Age 65+ 20.1%±5.1Highest SC: 18.9% 18.4%±5.3Lowest 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+ 19.9%Highest SC: 32.1% 18.1%Lowest SC: 32.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $34,908±$16kHighest 50% below SC $27,451±$11kLowest 60% 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 $95,300±$20kHighest 63% below SC $63,900±$35kLowest 75% 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 $628±$159Lowest 47% below SC $806±$97Highest 32% 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 $536Lowest 57% below SC $744Highest 41% below SC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.4%±14.4Lowest SC: 52.1% 70.6%±16.3Highest 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 38.3%Highest SC: 14.1% 35.1%Lowest SC: 14.1%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 6.1%±5.4Highest SC: 11.5% 3.3%±4.2Lowest 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 10.9%Highest 9.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miLowest 29.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DenmarkFew work in Mullins

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

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

Schools

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

School district Marion 10Bamberg 03

High school in town Mullins HighDenmark-Olar High

Students per teacherat that high school 18.0Highest 9.5Lowest

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.

Mullins vs Denmark

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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