Understanding South Carolina
46 counties.
One complicated state.
The highest-scoring county in SC and the lowest are less than two hours apart. What separates them isn’t distance — it’s what that drive means for a family trying to get by. Pick a county and see for yourself.
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Counties in Crisis
5.3M
Residents
South Carolina — 46 Counties
Colored by financial security
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The affordability picture
Community archetypes
SC isn’t one thing. Each archetype carries a different kind of cost. Click to learn more.
“The data shows the why. You have to decide the what.”
Click any county on the map to see what affording a life there actually looks like — income versus what things cost, housing burden, and how close families are to the edge.
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Where the gaps are widest
ALICE households are working — but one emergency away from crisis. This is the population your program is actually serving, whether your eligibility criteria say so or not.
What gets in the way
Your service map isn’t the need map.
Programs cluster in county seats. The counties with the deepest need often have the least coverage. Click any county to see the gap between where you’re operating and where the pressure is.
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Score distribution across SC
What’s anchoring these communities
The gap between what could be and what is — that’s the signal.
Gloria shows not just where counties stand, but how far they are from their peer benchmark. That distance tells you where sustained investment creates the most measurable change — and where a little goes a long way.
Gloria — Community Analyzer
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Any U.S. zip code, county, or city.
Try: 29566 (Little River, SC) · 30301 (Atlanta) · 10001 (NYC)
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The Five Dimensions
The takeaway
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Where this data comes from
Gloria draws from trusted public data sources to build a picture of community wellness. We don't generate data — we translate it.
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — income, poverty, housing, education, demographics
CDC PLACES
Local health outcomes — chronic disease prevalence, preventive care, health behaviors
Feeding America
Map the Meal Gap 2025 — county-level food insecurity rates, child hunger, cost per meal
United for ALICE
Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — working families above poverty but below financial stability
County Health Rankings
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — health outcomes rankings, clinical care access, violent crime
USDA Food Access Research Atlas
Low-access census tracts, food desert designations, distance to supermarkets
Zillow Home Value Index
Housing values and year-over-year change — community investment trajectory
Data Citation: Food insecurity estimates provided by Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap study. Dewey, A., et al. (2025). Map the Meal Gap: A Report of Local Food Insecurity and Food Costs in the United States in 2023. Feeding America National Organization. map.feedingamerica.org
The Full Picture
Who Lives Here
How We Score This
Each dimension is scored 1–10 from verified public data. A score of 5 means the national average. Click any row to see the metrics behind the score.
Verified Data
Every number traces to a named public data source. Nothing modeled, nothing estimated.
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How does this community measure up — against its county, state, and peers?
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Data note: Census and health data sourced from U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, United for ALICE, County Health Rankings, USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Zillow Home Value Index, and Feeding America Map the Meal Gap. Agency recommendations and grant language are AI-generated and should be verified before citing.