Best PlacesEdgefield County, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Edgefield County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Edgefield County ranks 1,703rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Walkability pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Edgefield County
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.
The best areas in Edgefield County
The parts of Edgefield County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
North Augusta
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more adults hold degrees.
Johnston
Fewer households have young kids and crime runs higher.
Edgefield
Fewer homes sit empty, though fewer residents vote.
Scores across Edgefield County run from about the 3rd to the 83rd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Edgefield County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edgefield County ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 89% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of counties
- QuietBetter than 81% of counties
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 74% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 70% of counties
Where Edgefield County ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 7% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 11% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 25% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 26% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Edgefield County
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edgefield County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,014, 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 Edgefield County's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Edgefield County
Edgefield County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Edgefield County.
Who works in Edgefield County, and how
Work in Edgefield County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Edgefield County
Edgefield County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Edgefield County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Edgefield County growing, and who is moving in?
Edgefield County has grown about 10% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Augusta, GA metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Edgefield County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Edgefield County, month by month
Edgefield County sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Edgefield County
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Edgefield County
Schools across Edgefield County average a C, better than 35% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Merriwether ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- W. E. Parker ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Byrd ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Leavelle Mccampbell MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Merriwether MiddleC− · 30% proficient
- Johnston-edgefield-trenton MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Fox Creek HighA− · 60% proficient
- North Augusta HighB+ · 53% proficient
- Aiken HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edgefield County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edgefield County 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 Edgefield County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Edgefield County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Edgefield County
Is Edgefield County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edgefield County ranks 1,703rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edgefield County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,876. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $70,014 median income, cost of living beats 68% of counties.
Is Edgefield County safe?
Edgefield County is safer than 20% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $636 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Edgefield County?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 57 with lows near 36. That works out to about 88 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Edgefield County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are North Augusta, Johnston, and Edgefield. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Edgefield County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edgefield County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edgefield County 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.
Edgefield County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edgefield County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edgefield County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edgefield County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edgefield County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edgefield County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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