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Best places to live in Greater Columbia

16 places with 387,907 residents within about 25 km of Columbia, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Columbia, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Columbia (Missouri)
    Missouri, 129,330 residents    60
  2. 2Ashland (Missouri)
    Missouri, 3,865 residents    58
  3. 3Seven Oaks
    South Carolina, 15,144 residents    57
  4. 4Cayce
    South Carolina, 13,619 residents    54
  5. 5West Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 16,060 residents    54
  6. 6Hallsville (Missouri)
    Missouri, 1,551 residents    52
  7. 7Springdale (South Carolina, 2,783 residents)
    South Carolina, 2,783 residents    50
  8. 8Forest Acres
    South Carolina, 10,615 residents    47
  9. 9Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 142,416 residents    44
  10. 10Saint Andrews
    South Carolina, 21,151 residents    43

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For retired couples

  1. 1Seven Oaks
    South Carolina, 15,144 residents    62
  2. 2Forest Acres
    South Carolina, 10,615 residents    62
  3. 3Cayce
    South Carolina, 13,619 residents    61
  4. 4West Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 16,060 residents    60
  5. 5Columbia (Missouri)
    Missouri, 129,330 residents    58
  6. 6Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 142,416 residents    58
  7. 7Saint Andrews
    South Carolina, 21,151 residents    56
  8. 8Springdale (South Carolina, 2,783 residents)
    South Carolina, 2,783 residents    56
  9. 9Ashland (Missouri)
    Missouri, 3,865 residents    55
  10. 10Dentsville
    South Carolina, 14,062 residents    53

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For remote workers

  1. 1Cayce
    South Carolina, 13,619 residents    62
  2. 2West Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 16,060 residents    62
  3. 3Seven Oaks
    South Carolina, 15,144 residents    62
  4. 4Columbia (Missouri)
    Missouri, 129,330 residents    60
  5. 5Forest Acres
    South Carolina, 10,615 residents    56
  6. 6Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 142,416 residents    54
  7. 7Saint Andrews
    South Carolina, 21,151 residents    53
  8. 8Dentsville
    South Carolina, 14,062 residents    49
  9. 9Woodfield
    South Carolina, 9,303 residents    47

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For commuters

  1. 1Columbia (Missouri)
    Missouri, 129,330 residents    76
  2. 2West Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 16,060 residents    72
  3. 3Cayce
    South Carolina, 13,619 residents    71
  4. 4Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 142,416 residents    68
  5. 5Springdale (South Carolina, 2,783 residents)
    South Carolina, 2,783 residents    67
  6. 6Seven Oaks
    South Carolina, 15,144 residents    66
  7. 7Saint Andrews
    South Carolina, 21,151 residents    61
  8. 8Forest Acres
    South Carolina, 10,615 residents    60
  9. 9Woodfield
    South Carolina, 9,303 residents    55
  10. 10Ashland (Missouri)
    Missouri, 3,865 residents    54

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For single professionals

  1. 1Columbia (Missouri)
    Missouri, 129,330 residents    60
  2. 2Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 142,416 residents    47
  3. 3West Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 16,060 residents    44
  4. 4Cayce
    South Carolina, 13,619 residents    43
  5. 5Seven Oaks
    South Carolina, 15,144 residents    36
  6. 6Saint Andrews
    South Carolina, 21,151 residents    35
  7. 7Forest Acres
    South Carolina, 10,615 residents    34
  8. 8Woodfield
    South Carolina, 9,303 residents    22
  9. 9Dentsville
    South Carolina, 14,062 residents    22

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1West Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 16,060 residents    58
  2. 2Seven Oaks
    South Carolina, 15,144 residents    58
  3. 3Cayce
    South Carolina, 13,619 residents    58
  4. 4Springdale (South Carolina, 2,783 residents)
    South Carolina, 2,783 residents    55
  5. 5Columbia (Missouri)
    Missouri, 129,330 residents    48
  6. 6Columbia (South Carolina)
    South Carolina, 142,416 residents    37
  7. 7Saint Andrews
    South Carolina, 21,151 residents    37
  8. 8Ashland (Missouri)
    Missouri, 3,865 residents    37
  9. 9Forest Acres
    South Carolina, 10,615 residents    35
  10. 10Dentsville
    South Carolina, 14,062 residents    32

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Towns in Greater Columbia