Best PlacesHeath Springs, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Heath Springs, 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.
Heath Springs ranks 27,672nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low property taxes, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Heath Springs
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.
Heath Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Heath Springs ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 64% of towns
- QuietBetter than 64% of towns
Where Heath Springs ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- Household income$60,777 median, better than only 29% of towns
- Cheap childcare$953 a month, better than only 29% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 30% of towns
- Short commute30.6 minutes each way, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Heath Springs
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Heath Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,777, 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 Heath Springs' effective rate of 0.39%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Heath Springs
Heath Springs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Heath Springs.
Who works in Heath Springs, and how
Work in Heath Springs centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Heath Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Heath Springs.
What the weather is like in Heath Springs, month by month
Heath Springs sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Heath Springs
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 44 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Heath Springs
Schools across Heath Springs average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buford ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Heath Springs ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Mcdonald Green ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buford MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- North Central MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Andrew Jackson MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- North Central HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Buford HighB · 50% proficient
- Andrew Jackson HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Heath Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Heath Springs 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 Heath Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Heath Springs
Is Heath Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Heath Springs ranks 27,672nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on education levels and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Heath Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,695. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $60,777 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Heath Springs safe?
Heath Springs is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $395 per resident a year.
Compare Heath Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Heath Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Heath Springs 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.
Heath Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Heath Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Heath Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Heath Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Heath Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Heath Springs 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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