Best PlacesBucksville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bucksville, 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.
Bucksville ranks 18,529th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bucksville
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.
Bucksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bucksville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute20.3 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Bucksville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bucksville
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bucksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,564, 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 Bucksville's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bucksville
Bucksville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bucksville.
Who works in Bucksville, and how
Work in Bucksville centers on retail trade and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bucksville
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bucksville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bucksville, month by month
Bucksville sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 57, 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 | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Bucksville
The nearest airport, Myrtle Beach International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bucksville
Schools across Bucksville average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingston ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Waccamaw ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Black Water MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Conway MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Carolina Forest HighA · 72% proficient
- Conway HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bucksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bucksville 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 Bucksville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bucksville
Is Bucksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bucksville ranks 18,529th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low property taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on a weak job market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bucksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,865. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $86,564 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Bucksville safe?
Yes, Bucksville is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
Compare Bucksville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bucksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bucksville 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.
Bucksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bucksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bucksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bucksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bucksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bucksville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.