Best PlacesKingstree, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kingstree, 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.
Kingstree ranks 49,724th 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 Kingstree
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.
Kingstree's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingstree ranks high
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Kingstree ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Household income$44,056 median, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kingstree
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingstree home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,056, 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 Kingstree's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kingstree
Kingstree runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kingstree.
Who works in Kingstree, and how
Work in Kingstree centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Kingstree
Kingstree has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Kingstree and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kingstree, month by month
Kingstree sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Kingstree
The nearest airport, Florence Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kingstree
Schools across Kingstree average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hemingway ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
- Kenneth Gardner ElementaryF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- C. E. Murray MiddleD · 20% proficient
- Kingstree Middle MagnetF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Hemingway HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kingstree school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingstree 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 Kingstree against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kingstree
Is Kingstree a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingstree ranks 49,724th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and biking, and lowest on crime and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kingstree expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,776. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $44,056 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Kingstree safe?
Kingstree is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,380 per resident a year.
Compare Kingstree with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingstree. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingstree 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.
Kingstree detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingstree: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingstree: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingstree: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingstree: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingstree 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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