Best PlacesHanahan, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hanahan, 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.
Hanahan ranks 13,184th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hanahan
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.
Hanahan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hanahan ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Hanahan ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hanahan
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hanahan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,453, 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 Hanahan's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Hanahan
Hanahan runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hanahan.
Who works in Hanahan, and how
Work in Hanahan centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hanahan
Hanahan has more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 23 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Hanahan and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hanahan, month by month
Hanahan sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Hanahan
Charleston AFB/International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.2 million passengers in 2025, with 95 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hanahan
Schools across Hanahan average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montessori Community SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Marrington ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Hanahan ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marrington Middle School Of The ArtsA+ · 75% proficient
- Hanahan MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Sedgefield MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Hanahan HighA · 67% proficient
- Goose Creek HighB− · 42% proficient
- North Charleston HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hanahan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hanahan 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 Hanahan against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Hanahan suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Hanahan
Is Hanahan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hanahan ranks 13,184th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hanahan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $360,354. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $93,453 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Hanahan safe?
Yes, Hanahan is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hanahan?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 38. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of towns.
Is Hanahan good for families?
Schools beat 79% of towns, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $908 a month.
Compare Hanahan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hanahan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hanahan 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.
Hanahan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hanahan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hanahan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hanahan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hanahan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hanahan 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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