Best PlacesCross, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cross, 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.
Cross ranks 37,699th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cross
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.
Cross' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cross ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of towns
Where Cross ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cross
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cross home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,251, 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 Cross' effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Cross
Cross 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 Cross.
Who works in Cross, and how
Work in Cross centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cross
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cross.
What the weather is like in Cross, month by month
Cross sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 66° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Cross
Charleston AFB/International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.2 million passengers in 2025, with 95 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cross
Schools across Cross average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William M. Reeves ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Cane Bay ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Cross ElementaryF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cane Bay MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Charles B. Dubose MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Harleyville-ridgeville MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Cross HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cross school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cross 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 Cross against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cross
Is Cross a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cross ranks 37,699th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and quiet, 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 Cross expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,308. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $64,251 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Cross safe?
Cross is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $522 per resident a year.
Compare Cross with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cross. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cross 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.
Cross detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cross: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cross: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cross: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cross: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cross 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.