Best PlacesJasper County, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Jasper County, 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.
Jasper County ranks 2,929th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Jasper County
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.
Jasper County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jasper County ranks high
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 83% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 71% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 63% of counties
Where Jasper County ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 9% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 10% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Jasper County
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jasper County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,616, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Jasper County's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jasper County
Jasper County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jasper County.
Who works in Jasper County, and how
Work in Jasper County centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Jasper County
Jasper County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of counties. The coast is about 32 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Jasper County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Jasper County growing, and who is moving in?
Jasper County has grown about 34% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Hampton County, SC.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Jasper County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Jasper County, month by month
Jasper County sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 68° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Jasper County
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jasper County
Schools across Jasper County average a D, better than 10% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- River Ridge AcademyA · 62% proficient
- Esther F. Garrison School For The ArtsB− · 44% proficient
- May Howard Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- H. E. Mccracken MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Hilton Head Island MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Coastal Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- May River HighA · 69% proficient
- Savannah Early College High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Woodville-tompkins Technical And Career High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jasper County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jasper County 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 Jasper County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Jasper County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Jasper County
Is Jasper County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jasper County ranks 2,929th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and tree cover, 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 Jasper County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,505. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $68,616 median income, cost of living beats 37% of counties.
Is Jasper County safe?
Jasper County is safer than 7% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $794 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Jasper County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 39. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 60% of counties.
Is Jasper County good for families?
Schools beat 10% of counties, crime safety beats 7%, and childcare runs $552 a month.
Compare Jasper County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jasper County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jasper County 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.
Jasper County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jasper County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jasper County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jasper County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jasper County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jasper County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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