Best PlacesChoppee, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Choppee, 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.
Choppee ranks 44,114th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Choppee
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.
Choppee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Choppee ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Choppee ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute36.8 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Choppee
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Choppee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,609, 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 Choppee's effective rate of 0.41%, 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.
Who lives in Choppee
Choppee 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 Choppee.
Who works in Choppee, and how
Work in Choppee centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Choppee
The coast is about 53 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Choppee, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Choppee, month by month
Choppee sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Choppee
The nearest airport, Myrtle Beach International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Choppee
Schools across Choppee average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Brown's Ferry ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Georgetown MiddleD · 21% proficient
- Carvers Bay MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Carvers Bay HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Choppee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Choppee 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 Choppee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Choppee
Is Choppee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Choppee ranks 44,114th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Choppee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,313. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $61,609 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Choppee safe?
Choppee is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
Compare Choppee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Choppee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Choppee 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.
Choppee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Choppee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Choppee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Choppee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Choppee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Choppee 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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