Best PlacesHolly Springs, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holly Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Holly Springs ranks 5,979th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holly 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.
Holly Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Holly Springs ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$120,903 median, better than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 78% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 75% of towns
Where Holly Springs ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$908 a month, better than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holly Springs
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holly Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $120,903, 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 Holly Springs' effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Holly Springs
Holly Springs runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holly Springs.
Who works in Holly Springs, and how
Work in Holly Springs centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Holly Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Holly Springs.
What the weather is like in Holly Springs, month by month
Holly Springs sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 42° | 34° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Holly Springs
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holly Springs
Schools across Holly Springs average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oakland ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- James H. Hendrix ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rainbow Lake MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Boiling Springs MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Inman IntermediateB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Boiling Springs HighA · 71% proficient
- Chapman HighA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holly Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holly 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 Holly Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holly Springs
Is Holly Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holly Springs ranks 5,979th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holly Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $356,700. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $120,903 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Holly Springs safe?
Yes, Holly Springs is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Holly Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holly Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holly 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.
Holly Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holly Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holly Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holly Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holly Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holly 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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