Tega Cay takes the #1 spot in South Carolina's Most Remote-Friendly Cities ranking, posting 32.4% work from home on the Work from Home % measure. This leaderboard ranks 64 cities on remote work friendliness, drawing on U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
| # | City | Work from Home % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tega Cay | 32.4% work from home |
| 2 | Fort Mill | 27.5% work from home |
| 3 | Mount Pleasant | 26.7% work from home |
| 4 | Blythewood | 26.3% work from home |
| 5 | Hilton Head Island | 20.1% work from home |
| 6 | Charleston | 19.4% work from home |
| 7 | James Island | 18.2% work from home |
| 8 | North Myrtle Beach | 17.9% work from home |
| 9 | Mauldin | 16.4% work from home |
| 10 | Greenville | 15.9% work from home |
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The top 5 reads as a tight cluster at the high end: Tega Cay at 32.4% work from home, Fort Mill at 27.5% work from home, and Mount Pleasant at 26.7% work from home round out the leaders. Each town earned its place by clearing the bar on the underlying inputs, and the spread between #1 and #3 is narrow enough that small year-over-year shifts can reorder the podium. At the other end of the list, Dillon posts 0.6% work from home, a useful reference point for understanding the full range of conditions across the state.
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