Best Places29410, SC Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 29410, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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29410 ranks 10,935th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.

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The best neighborhoods in 29410

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 29410 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

29410's strengths and weaknesses

Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 29410 with other zip codes.

Where 29410 ranks high

  • Low property taxBetter than 86% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than 83% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than 82% of zip codes
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than 79% of zip codes

Where 29410 ranks low

  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 33% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 36% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 29410

A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 29410 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,520, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$90,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,095
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $360,354 home
Median rent
$1,605
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,837
Property tax$138
Homeowners insurance$120

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 29410's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 29410

29410 runs younger than the country.

Median age
38
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
14%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3423%
35 to 4921%
50 to 6419%
65 and older14%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 29410.


Who works in 29410, and how

Work in 29410 centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
12%
below the national average
Unemployment
3.5%
below the national average
Job growth
+2.5%
/y 2019-2023, near the national pace

Largest industries

Professional & technical12%
Manufacturing11%
Construction10%
Health care & social10%
Retail trade9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 82%
  • Work from home 12%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 5%

Life in 29410

29410 has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most zip codes and more parkland per resident than 79% of zip codes. The coast is about 23 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 29410 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
35
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 17.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 27% of zip codes
Parkland
118 acres
about 5.8 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 79% of zip codes
To the coast
23 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 29410, month by month

29410 sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January64°50°38°
April80°67°54°
July93°82°74°
October81°69°58°

Flying in and out of 29410

Charleston AFB/International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.2 million passengers in 2025, with 95 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
CHS
Charleston AFB/International, about 3 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
56th-busiest in the US, 95 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 29410

Schools across 29410 average a B+, better than 78% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 29410 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


29410 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 29410 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 29410 suits

Families

Schools beat 78% of zip codes and crime safety beats 60%.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.

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Retirees

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Common questions about living in 29410

Is 29410 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 29410 ranks 10,935th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and transit, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 29410 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $360,354. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $93,520 median income, cost of living beats 81% of zip codes.

Is 29410 safe?

Yes, 29410 is safer than 60% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $387 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 29410?

July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 38. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 47% of zip codes.

Is 29410 good for families?

Schools beat 78% of zip codes, crime safety beats 60%, and childcare runs $908 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 29410. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 29410 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

29410 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 29410: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 29410: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 29410: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 29410: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

29410 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.