Best Places29724, SC Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 29724, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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29724 ranks 31,460th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 29724

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 29724 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.

29724's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Tree cover
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 29724 with other zip codes.

Where 29724 ranks high

  • Tree shadeBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 86% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 72% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than 70% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than 70% of zip codes

Where 29724 ranks low

  • QuietBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Household income$49,930 median, better than only 11% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than only 11% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of zip codes

Who lives in 29724

29724 runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
37
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
20%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.1
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1810%
18 to 3430%
35 to 4924%
50 to 6417%
65 and older20%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 29724.


Who works in 29724, and how

Work in 29724 centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
1%
below the national average
Unemployment
0.7%
below the national average
Job growth
+1.5%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Public administration35%
Manufacturing20%
Hospitality & food11%
Admin & support services9%
Finance & insurance6%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 98%
  • Work from home 1%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 1%

Life in 29724

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 29724.


What the weather is like in 29724, month by month

29724 sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January54°43°34°
April74°62°51°
July91°80°71°
October76°63°53°

Flying in and out of 29724

Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 30 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
CLT
Charlotte/Douglas International, about 30 miles
Airport size
Large hub
11th-busiest in the US, 213 nonstop destinations
Average drive
44 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 29724

Schools across 29724 average a C+, better than 48% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 29724 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


29724 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 29724 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 29724

Is 29724 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 29724 ranks 31,460th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 29724 safe?

29724 is safer than 12% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $681 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 29724?

July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 34. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of zip codes.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 29724. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 29724 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.

29724 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 29724: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 29724: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 29724: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 29724: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

29724 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. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  5. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  6. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  7. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  8. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  9. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  11. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.