Best PlacesDavis Station, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Davis Station, 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.
Davis Station ranks 47,914th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Davis Station
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.
Davis Station's strengths and weaknesses
Where Davis Station ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 63% of towns
Where Davis Station ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Davis Station
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Davis Station home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,860, 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 Davis Station's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Davis Station
Davis Station's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Davis Station.
Who works in Davis Station, and how
Work in Davis Station centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Davis Station
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Davis Station.
What the weather is like in Davis Station, month by month
Davis Station sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 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° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Davis Station
The nearest airport, Florence Regional, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 56 miles away.
Davis Station 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 Davis Station against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Davis Station
Is Davis Station a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Davis Station ranks 47,914th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Davis Station expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $104,660. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $52,860 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Davis Station safe?
Davis Station is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $879 per resident a year.
Compare Davis Station with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Davis Station. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Davis Station 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.
Davis Station detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Davis Station: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Davis Station: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Davis Station: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Davis Station: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Davis Station 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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