Best PlacesGillisonville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gillisonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gillisonville ranks 48,159th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gillisonville
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.
Gillisonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gillisonville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 72% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Gillisonville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gillisonville
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gillisonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,105, 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 Gillisonville's effective rate of 0.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gillisonville
Gillisonville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gillisonville.
Who works in Gillisonville, and how
Work in Gillisonville centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Gillisonville
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Gillisonville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gillisonville, month by month
Gillisonville sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 68° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Gillisonville
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gillisonville
Schools across Gillisonville average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ridgeland ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whale Branch MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgeland Secondary Academy Of ExcellenceD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gillisonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gillisonville 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 Gillisonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gillisonville
Is Gillisonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gillisonville ranks 48,159th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and affordable childcare, and lowest on disaster risk and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gillisonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,071. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $61,105 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Gillisonville safe?
Gillisonville is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $761 per resident a year.
Compare Gillisonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gillisonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gillisonville 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.
Gillisonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gillisonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gillisonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gillisonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gillisonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gillisonville 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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