Best PlacesDouglass, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Douglass, 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.
Douglass ranks 46,872nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Douglass
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.
Douglass' strengths and weaknesses
Where Douglass ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Douglass ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Douglass
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Douglass home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,498, 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 Douglass' effective rate of 0.40%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Douglass
Douglass runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Douglass.
Who works in Douglass, and how
Work in Douglass centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Douglass
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Douglass.
What the weather is like in Douglass, month by month
Douglass sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 55, 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 | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Douglass
The nearest airport, Columbia Metro, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Douglass
Schools across Douglass average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mccrorey-liston School Of TechnologyD+ · 21% proficient
- Fairfield ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairfield Central HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Douglass school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Douglass 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 Douglass against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Douglass
Is Douglass a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Douglass ranks 46,872nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on crime and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Douglass expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,094. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $58,498 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Douglass safe?
Douglass is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,031 per resident a year.
Compare Douglass with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Douglass. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Douglass 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.
Douglass detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Douglass: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Douglass: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Douglass: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Douglass: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Douglass 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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