Data / Rankings / Median household income / Cities in South Carolina

Cities in South Carolina by median household income, 2024

Tega Cay, SC had the highest median household income of 43 cities in 2024, at $142,000. Orangeburg, SC had the lowest, at $38,635. The median was $73,585 and the figure for South Carolina was $69,324. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest142,000Tega Cay, SC
Lowest38,635Orangeburg, SC
Median73,58543 cities
South Carolina69,324History

All cities, 2024

Tega Cay, SC: 142,000 USDTega Cay, SC142,000Mount Pleasant, SC: 124,755 USDMount Pleasant, SC124,755Fort Mill, SC: 121,823 USDFort Mill, SC121,823Bluffton, SC: 111,281 USDBluffton, SC111,281James Island, SC: 104,217 USDJames Island, SC104,217Hilton Head Island, SC: 94,657 USDHilton Head Island, SC94,657Charleston, SC: 92,414 USDCharleston, SC92,414Moncks Corner, SC: 91,500 USDMoncks Corner, SC91,500Goose Creek, SC: 88,178 USDGoose Creek, SC88,178Hanahan, SC: 87,984 USDHanahan, SC87,984Lexington, SC: 87,126 USDLexington, SC87,126North Augusta, SC: 86,092 USDNorth Augusta, SC86,092Greer, SC: 82,626 USDGreer, SC82,626Simpsonville, SC: 82,457 USDSimpsonville, SC82,457Mauldin, SC: 82,331 USDMauldin, SC82,331Summerville, SC: 81,046 USDSummerville, SC81,046Irmo, SC: 80,489 USDIrmo, SC80,489Hardeeville, SC: 78,365 USDHardeeville, SC78,365Forest Acres, SC: 78,306 USDForest Acres, SC78,306Aiken, SC: 76,746 USDAiken, SC76,746Port Royal, SC: 74,870 USDPort Royal, SC74,870Fountain Inn, SC: 73,585 USDFountain Inn, SC73,585North Myrtle Beach, SC: 72,722 USDNorth Myrtle Beach, SC72,722Greenville, SC: 71,472 USDGreenville, SC71,472Rock Hill, SC: 68,771 USDRock Hill, SC68,771Easley, SC: 66,299 USDEasley, SC66,299North Charleston, SC: 62,956 USDNorth Charleston, SC62,956Cayce, SC: 62,045 USDCayce, SC62,045Beaufort, SC: 61,220 USDBeaufort, SC61,220Myrtle Beach, SC: 60,394 USDMyrtle Beach, SC60,394West Columbia, SC: 56,912 USDWest Columbia, SC56,912Conway, SC: 56,650 USDConway, SC56,650York, SC: 56,176 USDYork, SC56,176Florence, SC: 56,143 USDFlorence, SC56,143Sumter, SC: 55,592 USDSumter, SC55,592Columbia, SC: 55,529 USDColumbia, SC55,529Spartanburg, SC: 51,964 USDSpartanburg, SC51,964Newberry, SC: 51,260 USDNewberry, SC51,260Clemson, SC: 49,520 USDClemson, SC49,520Anderson, SC: 46,933 USDAnderson, SC46,933Greenwood, SC: 41,150 USDGreenwood, SC41,150Gaffney, SC: 41,089 USDGaffney, SC41,089Orangeburg, SC: 38,635 USDOrangeburg, SC38,635Tega Cay, SC: 142,000 USDTega Cay, SC142,000Mount Pleasant, SC: 124,755 USDMount Pleasant, SC124,755Fort Mill, SC: 121,823 USDFort Mill, SC121,823Bluffton, SC: 111,281 USDBluffton, SC111,281James Island, SC: 104,217 USDJames Island, SC104,217Hilton Head Island, SC: 94,657 USDHilton Head Island, SC94,657Charleston, SC: 92,414 USDCharleston, SC92,414Moncks Corner, SC: 91,500 USDMoncks Corner, SC91,500Goose Creek, SC: 88,178 USDGoose Creek, SC88,178Hanahan, SC: 87,984 USDHanahan, SC87,984Lexington, SC: 87,126 USDLexington, SC87,126North Augusta, SC: 86,092 USDNorth Augusta, SC86,092Greer, SC: 82,626 USDGreer, SC82,626Simpsonville, SC: 82,457 USDSimpsonville, SC82,457Mauldin, SC: 82,331 USDMauldin, SC82,331Summerville, SC: 81,046 USDSummerville, SC81,046Irmo, SC: 80,489 USDIrmo, SC80,489Hardeeville, SC: 78,365 USDHardeeville, SC78,365Forest Acres, SC: 78,306 USDForest Acres, SC78,306Aiken, SC: 76,746 USDAiken, SC76,746Port Royal, SC: 74,870 USDPort Royal, SC74,870Fountain Inn, SC: 73,585 USDFountain Inn, SC73,585North Myrtle Beach, SC: 72,722 USDNorth Myrtle Beach, SC72,722Greenville, SC: 71,472 USDGreenville, SC71,472Rock Hill, SC: 68,771 USDRock Hill, SC68,771Easley, SC: 66,299 USDEasley, SC66,299North Charleston, SC: 62,956 USDNorth Charleston, SC62,956Cayce, SC: 62,045 USDCayce, SC62,045Beaufort, SC: 61,220 USDBeaufort, SC61,220Myrtle Beach, SC: 60,394 USDMyrtle Beach, SC60,394West Columbia, SC: 56,912 USDWest Columbia, SC56,912Conway, SC: 56,650 USDConway, SC56,650York, SC: 56,176 USDYork, SC56,176Florence, SC: 56,143 USDFlorence, SC56,143Sumter, SC: 55,592 USDSumter, SC55,592Columbia, SC: 55,529 USDColumbia, SC55,529Spartanburg, SC: 51,964 USDSpartanburg, SC51,964Newberry, SC: 51,260 USDNewberry, SC51,260Clemson, SC: 49,520 USDClemson, SC49,520Anderson, SC: 46,933 USDAnderson, SC46,933Greenwood, SC: 41,150 USDGreenwood, SC41,150Gaffney, SC: 41,089 USDGaffney, SC41,089Orangeburg, SC: 38,635 USDOrangeburg, SC38,635
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
USD		Change on 2023
1Tega Cay, SC142,000+0.7%
2Mount Pleasant, SC124,755+2.8%
3Fort Mill, SC121,823-4.5%
4Bluffton, SC111,281+5.5%
5James Island, SC104,217+4%
6Hilton Head Island, SC94,657-2.1%
7Charleston, SC92,414+2.6%
8Moncks Corner, SC91,500-0%
9Goose Creek, SC88,178+0.8%
10Hanahan, SC87,984+4.7%
11Lexington, SC87,126+4.6%
12North Augusta, SC86,092-4.5%
13Greer, SC82,626+3.2%
14Simpsonville, SC82,457+4.1%
15Mauldin, SC82,331+1.6%
16Summerville, SC81,046+3.1%
17Irmo, SC80,489-5.5%
18Hardeeville, SC78,365+0.2%
19Forest Acres, SC78,306+2.5%
20Aiken, SC76,746+9.9%
21Port Royal, SC74,870+6.5%
22Fountain Inn, SC73,585+2.2%
23North Myrtle Beach, SC72,722+0.8%
24Greenville, SC71,472+4.4%
25Rock Hill, SC68,771+6.2%
26Easley, SC66,299+1.5%
27North Charleston, SC62,956+0.3%
28Cayce, SC62,045+6.8%
29Beaufort, SC61,220+3%
30Myrtle Beach, SC60,394+12.5%
31West Columbia, SC56,912+5.1%
32Conway, SC56,650+3.3%
33York, SC56,176+18.7%
34Florence, SC56,143-0.5%
35Sumter, SC55,592+4.8%
36Columbia, SC55,529-0.2%
37Spartanburg, SC51,964+1.5%
38Newberry, SC51,260+7%
39Clemson, SC49,520-0.4%
40Anderson, SC46,933+5.9%
41Greenwood, SC41,150+2.2%
42Gaffney, SC41,089-0.3%
43Orangeburg, SC38,635+16.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).

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.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in South Carolina by median household income, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in South Carolina by median household income, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/south-carolina-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in South Carolina by median household income, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/south-carolina-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in South Carolina by median household income, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/south-carolina-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_south_carolina_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in South Carolina by median household income, 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/south-carolina-cities. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in South Carolina by median household income, 2024
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/south-carolina-cities
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/south-carolina-cities.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in South Carolina by median household income using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"median_household_income","level":"municipality","within":"South Carolina","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=median_household_income&level=municipality&within=South%20Carolina&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest median household income?

Tega Cay, SC, with $142,000 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest median household income?

Orangeburg, SC, with $38,635 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Median household income: other rankings

Cities in South Carolina: more rankings