Best PlacesHorrel Hill, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Horrel Hill, 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.
Horrel Hill ranks 40,991st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Horrel Hill
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.
Horrel Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Horrel Hill ranks high
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- BikingBetter than 71% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Horrel Hill ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Horrel Hill
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Horrel Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,945, 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 Horrel Hill's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Horrel Hill
Horrel Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Horrel Hill.
Who works in Horrel Hill, and how
Work in Horrel Hill centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Horrel Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Horrel Hill.
What the weather is like in Horrel Hill, month by month
Horrel Hill sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 60, 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 | 60° | 46° | 34° |
| April | 79° | 64° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Horrel Hill
The nearest airport, Columbia Metro, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Horrel Hill
Schools across Horrel Hill average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Webber SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Horrell Hill ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southeast MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Lower Richland HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Horrel Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Horrel Hill 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 Horrel Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Horrel Hill
Is Horrel Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Horrel Hill ranks 40,991st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, a strong job market, and civic engagement, and lowest on crime and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Horrel Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $263,034. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $69,945 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Horrel Hill safe?
Horrel Hill is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $884 per resident a year.
Compare Horrel Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Horrel Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Horrel Hill 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.
Horrel Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Horrel Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Horrel Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Horrel Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Horrel Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Horrel Hill 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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