Best PlacesDraytonville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Draytonville, 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.
Draytonville ranks 44,433rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Draytonville
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.
Draytonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Draytonville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$519 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 73% of towns
Where Draytonville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$35,778 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Draytonville
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Draytonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $35,778, 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 Draytonville's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Draytonville
Draytonville 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 Draytonville.
Who works in Draytonville, and how
Work in Draytonville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Draytonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Draytonville.
What the weather is like in Draytonville, month by month
Draytonville sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 41° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Draytonville
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 37 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Draytonville
Schools across Draytonville average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Draytonville ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- John E. Ewing MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Gaffney HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Draytonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Draytonville 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 Draytonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Draytonville
Is Draytonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Draytonville ranks 44,433rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on education levels and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Draytonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $79,600. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $35,778 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Draytonville safe?
Draytonville is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $585 per resident a year.
Compare Draytonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Draytonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Draytonville 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.
Draytonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Draytonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Draytonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Draytonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Draytonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Draytonville 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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