Best PlacesJericho, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jericho, 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.
Jericho ranks 44,472nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jericho
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.
Jericho's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jericho ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 77% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 66% of towns
Where Jericho ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jericho
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jericho home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,359, 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 Jericho's effective rate of 0.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Jericho
Jericho runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jericho.
Who works in Jericho, and how
Work in Jericho centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Jericho
The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Jericho, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jericho, month by month
Jericho sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Jericho
Charleston AFB/International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.2 million passengers in 2025, with 95 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Jericho
Schools across Jericho average a B, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montessori Community SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Baptist Hill HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jericho school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jericho 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 Jericho against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jericho
Is Jericho a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jericho ranks 44,472nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, good schools, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jericho expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $420,800. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $53,359 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Jericho safe?
Jericho is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare Jericho with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jericho. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jericho 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.
Jericho detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jericho: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jericho: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jericho: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jericho: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jericho 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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