Best PlacesBlue Brick, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blue Brick, 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.
Blue Brick ranks 50,194th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Blue Brick
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.
Blue Brick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blue Brick ranks high
- Cheap childcare$520 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Blue Brick ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Household income$45,669 median, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blue Brick
A household needs to earn about $11,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blue Brick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,669, 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 Blue Brick's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Blue Brick
Blue Brick's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Blue Brick.
Who works in Blue Brick, and how
Work in Blue Brick centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Blue Brick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Blue Brick.
What the weather is like in Blue Brick, month by month
Blue Brick sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Blue Brick
The nearest airport, Florence Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Blue Brick
Schools across Blue Brick average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Latta ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Henry Timrod ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Wallace Gregg ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Latta MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Johnakin MiddleF · 3% proficient
Top high schools
- Latta HighB− · 45% proficient
- Wilson HighB− · 41% proficient
- Marion HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blue Brick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blue Brick 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 Blue Brick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blue Brick
Is Blue Brick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blue Brick ranks 50,194th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on a weak job market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blue Brick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $43,200. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $45,669 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Blue Brick safe?
Blue Brick is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,034 per resident a year.
Compare Blue Brick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blue Brick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blue Brick 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.
Blue Brick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blue Brick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blue Brick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blue Brick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blue Brick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blue Brick 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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