Best PlacesHollywood Hills, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hollywood Hills, 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.
Hollywood Hills ranks 14,178th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hollywood Hills
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.
Hollywood Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hollywood Hills ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
Where Hollywood Hills ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hollywood Hills
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hollywood Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,864, 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 Hollywood Hills' effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hollywood Hills
Hollywood Hills's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hollywood Hills.
Who works in Hollywood Hills, and how
Work in Hollywood Hills centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hollywood Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hollywood Hills.
What the weather is like in Hollywood Hills, month by month
Hollywood Hills sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 80° | 66° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Hollywood Hills
The nearest airport, Columbia Metro, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hollywood Hills
Schools across Hollywood Hills average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brockman ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alcorn MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Eau Claire HighF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hollywood Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hollywood Hills 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 Hollywood Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hollywood Hills
Is Hollywood Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hollywood Hills ranks 14,178th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, an educated workforce, and a strong job market, and lowest on biking and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hollywood Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,900. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $78,864 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Hollywood Hills safe?
Hollywood Hills is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
Compare Hollywood Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hollywood Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hollywood Hills 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.
Hollywood Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hollywood Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hollywood Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hollywood Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hollywood Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hollywood Hills 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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