Laurens ranks #27 in South Carolina for low property taxes
Laurens is ranked on 35 lists against the 173 South Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Laurens does best on
Each list ranks every SC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Laurens marked.
Laurens lands in the top half on 7 of 22 lists
Each dot is Laurens’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in SC, the right end is last. Areas where Laurens does best come first.
More seniors than 89% of South Carolina
Not better or worse, just Laurens’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for low property taxes
Lists where Laurens sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Laurens 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Denmark · 0.9 yrs
#64
Cheapest rent#1 Landrum · $486/mo
#44
Lowest property tax#1 Cherryvale · $199/yr
#27
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Augusta · 38.3%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Cheraw · 13.8 min
#42 Health
Healthiest#1 Mount Pleasant · 98 / 100
#120
Lowest obesity#1 Isle of Palms · 25%
#89
Fewest smokers#1 Isle of Palms · 6%
#98
Most active#1 Isle of Palms · 14%
#136
Fewest uninsured#1 Isle of Palms · 4%
#120
Lowest depression#1 Hilton Head Island · 17%
#46
Closest to a top hospital#1 Summerville · 0.0 mi
#48 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Northlake · 36.2%
#69
Most trails#1 Pine Ridge · 3.2 mi / sq mi
#52
S
Most walkable#1 Surfside Beach · 200 / sq mi
#100 
Safety
Safest#1 Tega Cay · 7.7
#56 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 North Myrtle Beach · 48.3%
#122
Most new homes#1 Hardeeville · 110.6 per 1,000
#54
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Hardeeville · +86.5%
#67
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Newberry · 13.8 per home
People
C Most educated#1 Clemson University · 100% #148 C Youngest#1 Clemson University · 19.2 #129 K Oldest#1 Keowee Key · 65.6 #43
Most residents 65+#1 Litchfield Beach · 48.2%
#20
Most kids#1 Wellford · 39.2%
#65 
The number on the right is Laurens’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.