Best PlacesGreen Pond, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Green Pond, 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.
Green Pond ranks 49,209th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Green Pond
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.
Green Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Green Pond ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 77% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 105 pleasant days a year, better than 71% of towns
Where Green Pond ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Green Pond
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Green Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,876, 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 Green Pond's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Green Pond
Green Pond 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 Green Pond.
Who works in Green Pond, and how
Work in Green Pond centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Green Pond
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Green Pond, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Green Pond, month by month
Green Pond sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Green Pond
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Green Pond
Schools across Green Pond average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cottageville ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Jane Edwards ElementaryD+ · 21% proficient
- Hendersonville ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lady's Island MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Colleton County MiddleD · 19% proficient
- Whale Branch MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaufort HighA− · 61% proficient
- Colleton County HighD · 20% proficient
- Baptist Hill HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Green Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Green Pond 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 Green Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Green Pond
Is Green Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Green Pond ranks 49,209th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and health care access, and lowest on crime and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Green Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $82,037. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $80,876 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Green Pond safe?
Green Pond is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,185 per resident a year.
Compare Green Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Green Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Green Pond 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.
Green Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Green Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Green Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Green Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Green Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Green Pond 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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