BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Zippia.com, Moncks Corner is the number two most stressed out place in South Carolina.
With a population of almost 9,000 people, the website reports that more than 26% are without insurance. About 43% of the people who call the small town home report having a long commute to work. The website also reports nearly 50% of Moncks Corner residents have high rent.
Marion, meanwhile, earned the dubious distinction of being the most stressed out place in all of The Palmetto State.
The city is at the top of the pack of the 10 most stressed out places statewide:
- Marion
- Moncks Corner
- Clover
- Chester
- Lake City
- Greenwood
- Batesburg-Leesville
- North Charleston
- Summerville
- Lancaster
In order to measure stress, Zippia.com selected a set of six criteria that reflect its root causes for most people and used them to look at the 62 places in South Carolina with a population over 5,000 according to the 2010-2014 American Community Survey:
- Percentage of population with a long commute (over 30 minutes)
- Unemployment Rate
- Hours worked
- Population density
- Percentage of income spent on rent
- Percentage of population without health insurance
The higher any of these was, the more stressful the people of the place are.
The site’s data is from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey for 2010-2014.
It ranked each place from 1 to 62 (with one being the most stressed side of the scale) in the six individual criteria. These ranks were then averaged into a Stress Score, the lowest of which was the most stressed out place in the Palmetto State.
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