Andrews ranks #7 in South Carolina for low depression
Andrews is ranked on 34 lists against the 173 South Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Andrews does best on
Each list ranks every SC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Andrews marked.
Andrews lands in the top half on 9 of 22 lists
Each dot is Andrews’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in SC, the right end is last. Areas where Andrews does best come first.
More vacation homes than 91% of South Carolina
Not better or worse, just Andrews’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for walkable streets
Lists where Andrews sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Andrews lands in every SC ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Northlake · 36.2%
#32
Most trails#1 Pine Ridge · 3.2 mi / sq mi
#32
S
Most walkable#1 Surfside Beach · 200 / sq mi
#11 Health
Healthiest#1 Mount Pleasant · 98 / 100
#139
Lowest obesity#1 Isle of Palms · 25%
#111
Fewest smokers#1 Isle of Palms · 6%
#141
Most active#1 Isle of Palms · 14%
#136
Fewest uninsured#1 Isle of Palms · 4%
#92
Lowest depression#1 Hilton Head Island · 17%
#7
Closest to a top hospital#1 Summerville · 0.0 mi
#137 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Denmark · 0.9 yrs
#20
Cheapest rent#1 Landrum · $486/mo
#83
Lowest property tax#1 Cherryvale · $199/yr
#80
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Augusta · 38.3%
Schools
Best schools#1 Lake Murray of Richland · +36.8 pts
#137
Highest graduation rate#1 Fort Mill · 96%
#35 Safety
Safest#1 Tega Cay · 7.7
#65 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 North Myrtle Beach · 48.3%
#16
Most new homes#1 Hardeeville · 110.6 per 1,000
#69
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Hardeeville · +86.5%
#114
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Newberry · 13.8 per home
People
C Most educated#1 Clemson University · 100% #168 C Youngest#1 Clemson University · 19.2 #40 K Oldest#1 Keowee Key · 65.6 #134
Most residents 65+#1 Litchfield Beach · 48.2%
#119
Most kids#1 Wellford · 39.2%
#58 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Cheraw · 13.8 min
#172 
The number on the right is Andrews’s spot. All of South Carolina’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every SC list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.