These Are The 10 Laziest Places In South Carolina

Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.

And if you live in one of these South Carolina towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.

We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.

So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around South Carolina that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.

After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in South Carolina” based on data:

Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.

Oh, and by the way, Tega Cay is the hardest-working place in SC.

How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Palmetto State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in South Carolina:

Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.

After we got the data for the 62 places in South Carolina over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 62 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In South Carolina”. And, at the end of the day, Cheraw slacked off its way to the top.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. Cheraw

Population: 5,809College Educated: 17.7%
Unemployment Rate: 15.4%

2. Hartsville

Population: 7,857College Educated: 28.5%
Unemployment Rate: 19.4%

3. Abbeville

Population: 5,207College Educated: 13.3%
Unemployment Rate: 17.3%

4. Darlington

Population: 6,232College Educated: 21.3%
Unemployment Rate: 24.4%

5. Lake City

Population: 6,720College Educated: 14.2%
Unemployment Rate: 24.3%

6. Gaffney

Population: 12,565College Educated: 20.0%
Unemployment Rate: 13.4%

7. Georgetown

Population: 9,110College Educated: 17.2%
Unemployment Rate: 13.6%

8. Walterboro

Population: 5,339College Educated: 19.3%
Unemployment Rate: 13.3%

9. Anderson

Population: 26,798College Educated: 20.6%
Unemployment Rate: 12.1%

10. Greenwood

Population: 23,296College Educated: 18.9%
Unemployment Rate: 14.9%

Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom

Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in South Carolina is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.

Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In South Carolina

City	Rank	Population	College Educated	Unemployment Rate
Cheraw	1	5,809	17.7%	15.4%
Hartsville	2	7,857	28.5%	19.4%
Abbeville	3	5,207	13.3%	17.3%
Darlington	4	6,232	21.3%	24.4%
Lake City	5	6,720	14.2%	24.3%
Gaffney	6	12,565	20.0%	13.4%
Georgetown	7	9,110	17.2%	13.6%
Walterboro	8	5,339	19.3%	13.3%
Anderson	9	26,798	20.6%	12.1%
Greenwood	10	23,296	18.9%	14.9%
Dillon	11	6,731	8.7%	13.4%
Batesburg-Leesville	12	5,242	15.7%	20.7%
Orangeburg	13	13,790	30.1%	14.5%
Chester	14	5,543	17.4%	22.2%
Union	15	8,191	21.9%	16.8%
Seneca	16	8,147	25.6%	13.9%
Spartanburg	17	37,216	27.4%	13.7%
Marion	18	6,833	16.2%	25.3%
Bennettsville	19	8,928	13.8%	11.3%
Clinton	20	8,525	17.0%	12.5%
Lancaster	21	8,801	17.1%	15.5%
Sumter	22	40,819	25.3%	14.5%
Newberry	23	10,259	23.6%	10.0%
Myrtle Beach	24	28,455	27.8%	11.2%
Laurens	25	9,136	18.0%	12.0%
North Myrtle Beach	26	14,485	32.6%	8.8%
Fountain Inn	27	8,031	19.9%	14.1%
Florence	28	37,512	29.3%	12.1%
Central	29	5,170	33.2%	12.1%
Forest Acres	30	10,533	56.1%	9.4%
Cayce	31	12,944	26.7%	8.5%
Conway	32	18,645	23.7%	11.0%
York	33	7,913	14.2%	12.5%
West Columbia	34	15,623	32.6%	8.9%
Aiken	35	29,980	43.1%	8.5%
Greenville	36	60,670	41.5%	9.7%
Clemson	37	14,254	65.4%	7.6%
Hilton Head Island	38	38,497	47.2%	5.9%
Moncks Corner	39	8,711	11.4%	12.7%
Clover	40	5,321	14.5%	16.1%
Easley	41	20,242	23.5%	10.2%
North Charleston	42	102,143	19.6%	11.8%
Columbia	43	131,331	40.1%	11.7%
Rock Hill	44	68,185	27.9%	11.5%
North Augusta	45	21,832	32.4%	8.9%
James Island	46	11,451	38.0%	9.6%
Camden	47	6,931	34.7%	8.6%
Hanahan	48	18,999	25.6%	6.9%
Greer	49	26,626	30.2%	7.3%
Beaufort	50	12,702	39.4%	4.0%
Port Royal	51	11,264	29.7%	4.9%
Mauldin	52	23,985	34.6%	6.6%
Charleston	53	125,458	49.2%	7.4%
Simpsonville	54	19,219	28.4%	6.4%
Goose Creek	55	38,545	25.9%	9.3%
Bluffton	56	13,979	29.4%	9.8%
Summerville	57	44,717	30.8%	10.7%
Fort Mill	58	12,068	32.9%	6.4%
Mount Pleasant	59	72,379	58.4%	6.2%
Irmo	60	11,518	36.8%	6.5%
Lexington	61	19,007	40.9%	5.4%
Tega Cay	62	8,224	60.5%	6.9%

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Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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