The 10 Most Boring Places In South Carolina For 2023


The most boring places in South Carolina are Lyman and Fountain Inn for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

There’s no denying it: there are plenty of places in South Carolina that are downright beautiful and full of excitement.

Unfortunately, not all towns and cities in Palmetto State are so lucky.

Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within South Carolina’s’ borders. You know the places where everyone has an AARP card and the most exciting thing they do all day is post a picture of their grandchild on Facebook.

Like Lyman, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Oklahoma according to Saturday Night Science. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Lyman. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in South Carolina as well.

Here they are. Try not to jump out of your seat with excitement.

Don’t freak out, in fact, believe it not, a boring city is actually one a lot of people would like to call home.

Before you get all upset if your city’s name is on the list, rest assured that we didn’t use personal opinion when it comes to what classifies a city or town as “boring” or “exciting”. We crunched actual numbers to figure out which towns are statistically more boring.

Showing this data to you is the kind of thing that a real estate agent knows, but would never share.

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Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


The 10 Most Boring Places In South Carolina For 2023

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10
Population: 5,841
Average Age: 30.0
% Married: 34.0%
More on Lyman:  | Crime Report

Fountain Inn, SC

Source: Wikipedia User Upstateherd | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 10,237
Average Age: 32.6
% Married: 28.0%
More on Fountain Inn:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

Dillon, SC

Source: Wikipedia User Gerry Dincher | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 6,354
Average Age: 35.0
% Married: 34.0%
More on Dillon:  Cost Of Living

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10
Population: 7,670
Average Age: 21.4
% Married: 14.0%
More on Travelers Rest:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

York, SC

Source: Wikipedia User Connor401 | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10
Population: 8,423
Average Age: 34.9
% Married: 20.0%
More on York:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

Goose Creek, SC

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Population: 44,502
Average Age: 31.9
% Married: 15.0%
More on Goose Creek:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

Walterboro, SC

Source: Wikipedia User BeaufortTiger | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

3
/10
Population: 5,514
Average Age: 36.5
% Married: 26.0%
More on Walterboro:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

Batesburg-Leesville, SC

Source: Wikipedia User Bill Fitzpatrick | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

4
/10
Population: 5,322
Average Age: 38.8
% Married: 31.0%
More on Batesburg-Leesville:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

Hartsville, SC

Source: Wikipedia User Jud McCranie | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

3
/10
Population: 7,565
Average Age: 29.8
% Married: 17.0%
More on Hartsville:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

Sumter, SC

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

3
/10
Population: 42,920
Average Age: 32.3
% Married: 18.0%
More on Sumter:  Cost Of Living | Crime Report

Methodology: How we determined the boring cities in the Palmetto State

You would present the following case to your friends if you were argueing with them at a bar about the most boring place to live in South Carolina. And that’s why we call it Saturday Night Science.

Because our data speaks more truth than feelings.

To figure out how boring a place is, we factored in things we generally think make people exciting, and then we figure out which cities have the least number of those exciting people.

We used the U.S. American Community Census data to gather the information presented here. HSome of the things people tend to think of as making a city’s population boring include:

  • % of Population Over 25 (higher is more boring)
  • % of Married Household (higher is more boring)
  • Average Age (higher is more boring)
  • % of Households With Kids (higher is more boring)
  • Population density (lower is more boring)

Then, our algorithm generates a ranking for each place in these categories. After crunching the numbers, all of the cities ranked from most boring to most exciting.

For this ranking, we used every South Carolina city with at least 5,000 residents. This keeps us from prejudicing our rankings by including very small pockets of retired people.

Grab your rocker and hold on.

We updated this article for 2023, and it’s our tenth time ranking the most boring cities in South Carolina.

There You Have It – Now That You’re Asleep

On a ranking like this, there are usually no winners, but since South Carolina isn’t necessarily the most boring state in the United States, the cities on this ranking can at least take solace that there are, in fact, more boring cities in the country.

If you’re also curious enough, here are the most exciting places in South Carolina, according to science:

  1. Hilton Head Island
  2. North Myrtle Beach
  3. Myrtle Beach

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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In South Carolina For 2023

Rank City Population Average Age
1 Lyman, SC 5,841 30.0
2 Fountain Inn, SC 10,237 32.6
3 Dillon, SC 6,354 35.0
4 Travelers Rest, SC 7,670 21.4
5 York, SC 8,423 34.9
6 Goose Creek, SC 44,502 31.9
7 Walterboro, SC 5,514 36.5
8 Batesburg-Leesville, SC 5,322 38.8
9 Hartsville, SC 7,565 29.8
10 Sumter, SC 42,920 32.3
11 Moncks Corner, SC 12,685 35.9
12 Fort Mill, SC 24,069 36.4
13 Newberry, SC 10,496 35.7
14 Columbia, SC 137,276 28.2
15 Port Royal, SC 12,734 26.5
16 Beaufort, SC 12,899 34.9
17 Conway, SC 22,001 35.6
18 Clover, SC 6,566 35.2
19 Greenwood, SC 22,363 34.0
20 Chester, SC 5,283 33.5
21 Laurens, SC 9,251 39.9
22 Greer, SC 35,151 35.3
23 Gaffney, SC 12,560 34.7
24 Cayce, SC 13,637 37.0
25 Hanahan, SC 20,381 35.4
26 Spartanburg, SC 37,990 35.5
27 Lancaster, SC 8,489 37.0
28 Anderson, SC 28,796 34.1
29 Central, SC 5,229 23.7
30 Bluffton, SC 27,596 38.9
31 Clinton, SC 7,753 37.5
32 Simpsonville, SC 23,190 36.6
33 Rock Hill, SC 72,883 34.1
34 Camden, SC 7,666 45.8
35 Florence, SC 39,816 39.2
36 North Charleston, SC 114,542 33.7
37 Irmo, SC 11,581 39.6
38 Clemson, SC 17,238 24.7
39 Orangeburg, SC 12,779 36.1
40 Lexington, SC 23,068 37.7
41 Union, SC 8,119 46.1
42 Georgetown, SC 8,435 45.4
43 James Island, SC 11,618 41.2
44 Summerville, SC 50,318 38.3
45 Darlington, SC 6,153 46.1
46 Forest Acres, SC 10,621 37.8
47 Cheraw, SC 5,090 48.0
48 Bennettsville, SC 7,306 39.6
49 Charleston, SC 147,928 35.5
50 Seneca, SC 8,734 39.6
51 Easley, SC 22,643 44.4
52 Mauldin, SC 24,735 41.1
53 Tega Cay, SC 12,336 41.1
54 Mount Pleasant, SC 88,900 41.8
55 Greenville, SC 69,725 34.5
56 Hollywood, SC 5,319 53.4
57 North Augusta, SC 24,013 41.7
58 Marion, SC 6,472 42.7
59 West Columbia, SC 17,265 39.2
60 Aiken, SC 31,516 46.6
61 Hardeeville, SC 7,228 59.9
62 Myrtle Beach, SC 35,116 45.7
63 North Myrtle Beach, SC 18,502 60.0
64 Hilton Head Island, SC 38,068 59.1
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

If you've been looking for a place to live in the past several years, you've probably stumbled upon his writing already.

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2 thoughts on “The 10 Most Boring Places In South Carolina For 2023

  1. What a moron Nick James and his bad stats are when he didn’t consider geography into his stats. Let’s see if Nick actually finds ghetto Orangeburg more exciting than Isle of Palms, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach…

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