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Place dossier plate
SheetSC-SIX-MILE-SC · Six Mile, SC 984 pop · income 83rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Six Mile
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Six Mile on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Newtown · lowest
33,214
Newtown · lowest
33,214 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #1
Six Mile · this city
110,000
Six Mile · this city
110,000 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #2
Acton · near
110,000
Acton · near
110,000 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #3
New Strawn · near
110,000
New Strawn · near
110,000 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #4
Chaska · near
110,000
Chaska · near
110,000 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #5
Waverly · near
110,000
Waverly · near
110,000 median HH income
79.9% of the leader · rank #6
Dash Point · highest
137,721
Dash Point · highest
137,721 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Six Mile on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 984.
Nationally, Six Mile sits in the 83rd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
83rd
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, home value
46th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Six Mile, SC
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 984 residents in Six Mile, a small town within South Carolina. Six Mile households earn a median of $110,000 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 10.0%. Six Mile's housing stock carries a median value of $331,100, and the median resident age is 35.5 years. About 55.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 65.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in South Carolina run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, South Carolina scores 93.7 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,155 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in South Carolina run around $224, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 70.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Six Mile's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to population change to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Six Mile, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Six Mile?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Six Mile?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Six Mile growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +11 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Which cities make useful reference points for Six Mile?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within South Carolina, the closest population matches are Edisto Beach (987 residents, $81,250 income); Cateechee (988 residents); Van Wyck (970 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lockport Heights, IL (984 residents); Hi-Nella, NJ (984 residents); Cooleemee, NC (984 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Six Mile?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 55.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
10.0%
Bachelor's degree+
55.7%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
High income · poverty 10.0% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
93.7 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, South Carolina average
B
City profile score · Six Mile, SC
70/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A
55.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$110,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living B
93.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate D
10.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Six Mile profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 89/100 (A) · 55.7%
Household income: 81/100 (A-) · $110,000
Cost of living: 70/100 (B) · 93.7 index
Poverty rate: 40/100 (D) · 10.0%
How does Six Mile compare to other US cities?
Where Six Mile sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income83% higher than other cities
Home value69% pricier than other cities
Median rent46% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Six Mile against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to South Carolina only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
South Carolina-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Six Mile near the bottom of South Carolina's cities
Among the 441 South Carolina cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Six Mile ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Six Mile only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#26 of 403
94th percentile in South Carolina
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 441
0th percentile in South Carolina
Median Home Value
#46 of 404
89th percentile in South Carolina
Poverty Rate
#259 of 439
40th percentile in South Carolina
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#27 of 441
94th percentile in South Carolina
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within South Carolina only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
83rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Six Mile's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$331,10031st percentilemore affordable than 31% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Six Mile's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,744 of 15,516
More affordable than 57% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,701 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, Six Mile sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,744 of 15,516 and #5,701 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$110,000Six Mile, SC median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Six Mile, SC median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Six Mile, SC.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)55.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
984
Median Income
$110,000
Median Home Value
$331,100
Median Age
35.5
Poverty Rate
10.0%
Labor force participation
65.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
55.7%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Six Mile's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
759 residents
2021
755 residents
2022
759 residents
2023
760 residents
2024
763 residents
2025
770 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.2%
Carpool
14.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
11.8%
Based on 425 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
South Carolina statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $224
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across South Carolina at $224 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are South Carolina statewide averages, not a meter reading for Six Mile. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
South Carolina's BEA cost-of-living index is 93.7 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Six Mile is $1,155/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to South Carolina statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a South Carolina statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Six Mile sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Six Mile compares to similar-size South Carolina cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.