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Cities in South Carolina by housing units

Charleston, SC had the highest housing units of 43 cities in 2021, at 73,412. Hardeeville, SC had the lowest, at 3,593. The median was 9,955 and the figure for South Carolina was 2.33 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest73,412Charleston, SC
Lowest3,593Hardeeville, SC
Median9,95543 cities
South Carolina2,325,248History

All cities, 2021

Charleston, SC: 73,412 countCharleston, SC73,412Columbia, SC: 58,905 countColumbia, SC58,905North Charleston, SC: 51,302 countNorth Charleston, SC51,302Mount Pleasant, SC: 40,046 countMount Pleasant, SC40,046Greenville, SC: 36,612 countGreenville, SC36,612Rock Hill, SC: 31,657 countRock Hill, SC31,657Hilton Head Island, SC: 30,804 countHilton Head Island, SC30,804North Myrtle Beach, SC: 26,807 countNorth Myrtle Beach, SC26,807Myrtle Beach, SC: 23,812 countMyrtle Beach, SC23,812Summerville, SC: 21,742 countSummerville, SC21,742Florence, SC: 19,013 countFlorence, SC19,013Sumter, SC: 18,872 countSumter, SC18,872Spartanburg, SC: 17,417 countSpartanburg, SC17,417Goose Creek, SC: 16,271 countGoose Creek, SC16,271Aiken, SC: 14,688 countAiken, SC14,688Greer, SC: 14,501 countGreer, SC14,501Anderson, SC: 13,380 countAnderson, SC13,380North Augusta, SC: 11,838 countNorth Augusta, SC11,838Bluffton, SC: 10,875 countBluffton, SC10,875Easley, SC: 10,520 countEasley, SC10,520Mauldin, SC: 10,511 countMauldin, SC10,511Greenwood, SC: 9,955 countGreenwood, SC9,955Lexington, SC: 9,580 countLexington, SC9,580Simpsonville, SC: 9,146 countSimpsonville, SC9,146West Columbia, SC: 8,928 countWest Columbia, SC8,928Fort Mill, SC: 8,585 countFort Mill, SC8,585Conway, SC: 8,332 countConway, SC8,332Hanahan, SC: 7,989 countHanahan, SC7,989Clemson, SC: 7,778 countClemson, SC7,778Cayce, SC: 6,840 countCayce, SC6,840Orangeburg, SC: 6,037 countOrangeburg, SC6,037Beaufort, SC: 5,878 countBeaufort, SC5,878Gaffney, SC: 5,877 countGaffney, SC5,877Forest Acres, SC: 5,306 countForest Acres, SC5,306Moncks Corner, SC: 4,937 countMoncks Corner, SC4,937Irmo, SC: 4,872 countIrmo, SC4,872James Island, SC: 4,700 countJames Island, SC4,700Newberry, SC: 4,660 countNewberry, SC4,660Tega Cay, SC: 4,541 countTega Cay, SC4,541Port Royal, SC: 4,206 countPort Royal, SC4,206Fountain Inn, SC: 4,018 countFountain Inn, SC4,018York, SC: 3,678 countYork, SC3,678Hardeeville, SC: 3,593 countHardeeville, SC3,593Charleston, SC: 73,412 countCharleston, SC73,412Columbia, SC: 58,905 countColumbia, SC58,905North Charleston, SC: 51,302 countNorth Charleston, SC51,302Mount Pleasant, SC: 40,046 countMount Pleasant, SC40,046Greenville, SC: 36,612 countGreenville, SC36,612Rock Hill, SC: 31,657 countRock Hill, SC31,657Hilton Head Island, SC: 30,804 countHilton Head Island, SC30,804North Myrtle Beach, SC: 26,807 countNorth Myrtle Beach, SC26,807Myrtle Beach, SC: 23,812 countMyrtle Beach, SC23,812Summerville, SC: 21,742 countSummerville, SC21,742Florence, SC: 19,013 countFlorence, SC19,013Sumter, SC: 18,872 countSumter, SC18,872Spartanburg, SC: 17,417 countSpartanburg, SC17,417Goose Creek, SC: 16,271 countGoose Creek, SC16,271Aiken, SC: 14,688 countAiken, SC14,688Greer, SC: 14,501 countGreer, SC14,501Anderson, SC: 13,380 countAnderson, SC13,380North Augusta, SC: 11,838 countNorth Augusta, SC11,838Bluffton, SC: 10,875 countBluffton, SC10,875Easley, SC: 10,520 countEasley, SC10,520Mauldin, SC: 10,511 countMauldin, SC10,511Greenwood, SC: 9,955 countGreenwood, SC9,955Lexington, SC: 9,580 countLexington, SC9,580Simpsonville, SC: 9,146 countSimpsonville, SC9,146West Columbia, SC: 8,928 countWest Columbia, SC8,928Fort Mill, SC: 8,585 countFort Mill, SC8,585Conway, SC: 8,332 countConway, SC8,332Hanahan, SC: 7,989 countHanahan, SC7,989Clemson, SC: 7,778 countClemson, SC7,778Cayce, SC: 6,840 countCayce, SC6,840Orangeburg, SC: 6,037 countOrangeburg, SC6,037Beaufort, SC: 5,878 countBeaufort, SC5,878Gaffney, SC: 5,877 countGaffney, SC5,877Forest Acres, SC: 5,306 countForest Acres, SC5,306Moncks Corner, SC: 4,937 countMoncks Corner, SC4,937Irmo, SC: 4,872 countIrmo, SC4,872James Island, SC: 4,700 countJames Island, SC4,700Newberry, SC: 4,660 countNewberry, SC4,660Tega Cay, SC: 4,541 countTega Cay, SC4,541Port Royal, SC: 4,206 countPort Royal, SC4,206Fountain Inn, SC: 4,018 countFountain Inn, SC4,018York, SC: 3,678 countYork, SC3,678Hardeeville, SC: 3,593 countHardeeville, SC3,593
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
count
1Charleston, SC73,412
2Columbia, SC58,905
3North Charleston, SC51,302
4Mount Pleasant, SC40,046
5Greenville, SC36,612
6Rock Hill, SC31,657
7Hilton Head Island, SC30,804
8North Myrtle Beach, SC26,807
9Myrtle Beach, SC23,812
10Summerville, SC21,742
11Florence, SC19,013
12Sumter, SC18,872
13Spartanburg, SC17,417
14Goose Creek, SC16,271
15Aiken, SC14,688
16Greer, SC14,501
17Anderson, SC13,380
18North Augusta, SC11,838
19Bluffton, SC10,875
20Easley, SC10,520
21Mauldin, SC10,511
22Greenwood, SC9,955
23Lexington, SC9,580
24Simpsonville, SC9,146
25West Columbia, SC8,928
26Fort Mill, SC8,585
27Conway, SC8,332
28Hanahan, SC7,989
29Clemson, SC7,778
30Cayce, SC6,840
31Orangeburg, SC6,037
32Beaufort, SC5,878
33Gaffney, SC5,877
34Forest Acres, SC5,306
35Moncks Corner, SC4,937
36Irmo, SC4,872
37James Island, SC4,700
38Newberry, SC4,660
39Tega Cay, SC4,541
40Port Royal, SC4,206
41Fountain Inn, SC4,018
42York, SC3,678
43Hardeeville, SC3,593

Other periods

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All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in South Carolina by housing units, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in South Carolina by housing units, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/south-carolina-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in South Carolina by housing units, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/south-carolina-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in South Carolina by housing units, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/south-carolina-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Charleston, SC, with 73,412 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Hardeeville, SC, with 3,593 in 2021.

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