Best PlacesGreer, WV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greer, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Greer ranks 25,279th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greer
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.
Greer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greer ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
Where Greer ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greer
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,546, 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 Greer's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greer
Greer runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greer.
Who works in Greer, and how
Work in Greer centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Greer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Greer.
What the weather is like in Greer, month by month
Greer sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 69° | 54° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Greer
The nearest airport, West Virginia International Yeager, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greer
Schools across Greer average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Point Pleasant Junior/senior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greer 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 Greer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greer
Is Greer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greer ranks 25,279th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $208,200. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $82,546 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Greer safe?
Yes, Greer is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Greer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greer 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.
Greer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greer 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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