Best PlacesGantt, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gantt, 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.
Gantt ranks 35,597th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gantt
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.
Gantt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gantt ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
Where Gantt ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gantt
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gantt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,814, 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 Gantt's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gantt
Gantt runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gantt.
Who works in Gantt, and how
Work in Gantt 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 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Gantt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gantt.
What the weather is like in Gantt, month by month
Gantt sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 73° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Gantt
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gantt
Schools across Gantt average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Augusta Circle ElementaryA+ · 85% proficient
- Blythe AcademyA− · 60% proficient
- Sara Collins ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hughes Academy Of Science And TechnologyB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- J. L. Mann High AcademyA− · 63% proficient
- Greenville Senior High AcademyA− · 59% proficient
- Carolina Academy (high)C · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gantt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gantt 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 Gantt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gantt
Is Gantt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gantt ranks 35,597th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gantt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,478. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $56,814 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Gantt safe?
Gantt is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $799 per resident a year.
Compare Gantt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gantt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gantt 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.
Gantt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gantt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gantt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gantt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gantt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gantt 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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