Pendleton ranks #19 in South Carolina for college degrees
Pendleton is ranked on 33 lists against the 173 South Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Pendleton does best on
Each list ranks every SC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pendleton marked.
Pendleton lands in the top half on 14 of 20 lists
Each dot is Pendleton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in SC, the right end is last. Areas where Pendleton does best come first.
Fewer kids than 91% of South Carolina
Not better or worse, just Pendleton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for safety
Lists where Pendleton sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Pendleton out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every SC list, and where Pendleton lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
People
C Most educated#1 Clemson University · 100% #19 C Youngest#1 Clemson University · 19.2 #114 K Oldest#1 Keowee Key · 65.6 #62
Most residents 65+#1 Litchfield Beach · 48.2%
#41
Most kids#1 Wellford · 39.2%
#158 Health
Healthiest#1 Mount Pleasant · 98 / 100
#42
Lowest obesity#1 Isle of Palms · 25%
#41
Fewest smokers#1 Isle of Palms · 6%
#35
Most active#1 Isle of Palms · 14%
#40
Fewest uninsured#1 Isle of Palms · 4%
#34
Lowest depression#1 Hilton Head Island · 17%
#153
Closest to a top hospital#1 Summerville · 0.0 mi
#93 
Safety
Safest#1 Tega Cay · 7.7
#29 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Northlake · 36.2%
#74
Most trails#1 Pine Ridge · 3.2 mi / sq mi
S
Most walkable#1 Surfside Beach · 200 / sq mi
#82 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Cheraw · 13.8 min
#86 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Denmark · 0.9 yrs
#111
Cheapest rent#1 Landrum · $486/mo
#81
Lowest property tax#1 Cherryvale · $199/yr
#119
Rent easiest to afford#1 North Augusta · 38.3%
Schools
Best schools#1 Lake Murray of Richland · +36.8 pts
#76
Highest graduation rate#1 Fort Mill · 96%
#102 
The number on the right is Pendleton’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.