Best PlacesBishopville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bishopville, 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.
Bishopville ranks 49,085th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Bishopville
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.
Bishopville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bishopville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$582 a month, better than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- BikingBetter than 72% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Bishopville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$42,659 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bishopville
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bishopville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,659, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Bishopville's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bishopville
Bishopville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bishopville.
Who works in Bishopville, and how
Work in Bishopville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bishopville
Bishopville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bishopville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bishopville, month by month
Bishopville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Bishopville
The nearest airport, Florence Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bishopville
Schools across Bishopville average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pine Tree Hill ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Lower Lee ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Dennis ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Camden MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Hartsville MiddleC · 31% proficient
- Lee Central MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Camden HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Hartsville HighB · 46% proficient
- Crestwood HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bishopville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bishopville 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 Bishopville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bishopville
Is Bishopville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bishopville ranks 49,085th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bishopville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,588. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $42,659 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Bishopville safe?
Bishopville is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,347 per resident a year.
Compare Bishopville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bishopville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bishopville 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.
Bishopville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bishopville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bishopville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bishopville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bishopville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bishopville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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