Best PlacesHardeeville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hardeeville, 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.
Hardeeville ranks 42,446th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Hardeeville
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.
Hardeeville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hardeeville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 77% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
Where Hardeeville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hardeeville
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hardeeville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,946, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Hardeeville's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Hardeeville
Hardeeville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hardeeville.
Who works in Hardeeville, and how
Work in Hardeeville centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hardeeville
Hardeeville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 26 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Hardeeville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hardeeville, month by month
Hardeeville sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 66, 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 | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Hardeeville
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hardeeville
Schools across Hardeeville average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- River Ridge AcademyA · 62% proficient
- Esther F. Garrison School For The ArtsB− · 44% proficient
- Marshpoint Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- H. E. Mccracken MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Coastal Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Hubert Middle SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- May River HighA · 69% proficient
- Savannah Early College High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Woodville-tompkins Technical And Career High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hardeeville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hardeeville 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 Hardeeville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hardeeville
Is Hardeeville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hardeeville ranks 42,446th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and a strong job market, 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 Hardeeville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $376,512. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,946 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Hardeeville safe?
Hardeeville is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $703 per resident a year.
Compare Hardeeville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hardeeville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hardeeville 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.
Hardeeville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hardeeville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hardeeville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hardeeville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hardeeville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hardeeville 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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