Best PlacesHemingway, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hemingway, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hemingway ranks 47,829th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Hemingway
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.
Hemingway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hemingway ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 72% of towns
- QuietBetter than 72% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Cheap childcare$696 a month, better than 66% of towns
Where Hemingway ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute35.7 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hemingway
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hemingway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,639, 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 Hemingway's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Hemingway
Hemingway runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hemingway.
Who works in Hemingway, and how
Work in Hemingway centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hemingway
Hemingway has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. The coast is about 64 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Hemingway and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hemingway, month by month
Hemingway sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Hemingway
The nearest airport, Myrtle Beach International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hemingway
Schools across Hemingway average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Johnsonville ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Hemingway ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Georgetown MiddleD · 21% proficient
- Johnsonville MiddleD · 20% proficient
- C. E. Murray MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Johnsonville HighB− · 45% proficient
- Carvers Bay HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Lake City HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hemingway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hemingway 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 Hemingway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hemingway
Is Hemingway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hemingway ranks 47,829th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, walkability, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hemingway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,905. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $57,639 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Hemingway safe?
Hemingway is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,019 per resident a year.
Compare Hemingway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hemingway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hemingway 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.
Hemingway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hemingway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hemingway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hemingway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hemingway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hemingway 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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