Healthiest Cities in South Carolina.

Cities in South Carolina whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

62 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Mount Pleasant	93,993	26.0%	7.8%	15.3%
2	Port Royal	15,579	28.8%	10.4%	18.6%
3	Tega Cay	13,615	31.9%	7.5%	16.4%
4	James Island	12,198	27.0%	8.9%	16.9%
5	Five Forks	18,656	28.4%	7.9%	17.0%
6	Charleston	154,338	28.7%	9.5%	18.3%
7	Bluffton	33,157	29.2%	9.5%	16.9%
8	Forest Acres	10,530	29.6%	8.4%	16.6%
9	Clemson	18,072	32.1%	10.9%	23.7%
10	Fort Mill	30,775	35.3%	9.7%	19.6%
11	Greenville	72,935	31.4%	10.0%	20.8%
12	Wade Hampton	20,898	30.3%	9.8%	21.3%
13	Lexington	24,585	32.7%	10.4%	22.0%
14	Powdersville	10,771	32.6%	11.2%	21.1%
15	Taylors	24,505	31.1%	10.4%	21.8%
16	Hilton Head Island	37,911	27.8%	8.5%	19.1%
17	Lake Wylie	16,006	35.9%	10.0%	20.5%
18	Beaufort	13,747	30.9%	11.3%	21.4%
19	Irmo	11,813	33.3%	10.3%	20.4%
20	Mauldin	27,055	32.4%	10.3%	21.8%
21	Simpsonville	26,144	32.4%	10.8%	21.9%
22	North Augusta	25,653	32.1%	11.6%	23.0%
23	Goose Creek	48,078	36.0%	12.0%	23.8%
24	Carolina Forest	26,263	30.8%	13.3%	21.4%
25	Murrells Inlet	10,044	28.0%	9.6%	20.3%
26	Columbia	139,643	34.4%	13.0%	23.3%
27	Boiling Springs	12,936	35.6%	12.2%	23.9%
28	Greer	41,536	34.4%	12.7%	25.5%
29	Hanahan	21,452	37.1%	12.9%	25.1%
30	Moncks Corner	15,485	38.6%	13.2%	24.9%
31	Oak Grove	12,256	36.2%	13.1%	26.1%
32	Cayce	13,741	36.4%	13.5%	26.7%
33	Aiken	32,521	32.4%	11.4%	25.4%
34	Seven Oaks	15,921	36.6%	11.6%	26.0%
35	Summerville	51,654	35.6%	13.8%	25.3%
36	Conway	27,263	32.7%	15.1%	26.2%
37	North Charleston	119,913	35.2%	14.3%	26.8%
38	Fountain Inn	12,020	35.2%	13.6%	26.6%
39	Socastee	23,796	32.3%	15.5%	25.2%
40	North Myrtle Beach	19,855	29.7%	11.7%	22.5%
41	Rock Hill	75,259	40.6%	12.6%	26.9%
42	Ladson	16,140	38.5%	14.0%	26.9%
43	West Columbia	17,963	36.2%	12.9%	28.1%
44	Easley	24,841	36.6%	13.7%	26.7%
45	Little River	11,771	30.5%	13.1%	24.5%
46	Red Hill	15,920	32.7%	15.3%	26.4%
47	Anderson	30,051	37.1%	14.4%	29.0%
48	Red Bank	11,314	39.0%	16.7%	29.2%
49	Garden City	11,591	31.1%	13.8%	26.6%
50	Sumter	43,053	42.3%	14.9%	27.6%
51	St. Andrews	19,868	40.8%	15.4%	27.9%
52	Myrtle Beach	38,371	34.7%	16.9%	28.0%
53	Florence	40,408	40.9%	14.7%	30.3%
54	Dentsville	15,209	39.9%	14.2%	28.6%
55	Spartanburg	38,910	41.0%	15.5%	31.5%
56	Orangeburg	13,253	41.2%	15.1%	32.5%
57	Greenwood	22,536	39.1%	16.7%	32.5%
58	Newberry	10,790	39.5%	16.0%	33.7%
59	Berea	16,862	38.2%	17.0%	34.8%
60	Gaffney	12,596	40.8%	17.4%	34.0%
61	Parker	12,898	41.7%	20.5%	38.4%
62	Gantt	15,401	42.2%	17.6%	36.3%