Best PlacesLake View, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake View, 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.
Lake View ranks 44,651st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Lake View
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.
Lake View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake View ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Lake View ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$48,487 median, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake View
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,487, 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 Lake View's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lake View
Lake View 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 Lake View.
Who works in Lake View, and how
Work in Lake View centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lake View
Lake View has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lake View and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lake View, month by month
Lake View sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Lake View
The nearest airport, Florence Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Raleigh-Durham International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake View
Schools across Lake View average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Latta ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Lake View ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Gordon ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Latta MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Dillon MiddleD · 23% proficient
- Palmetto MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Latta HighB− · 45% proficient
- Lake View HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Dillon HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake View 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 Lake View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake View
Is Lake View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake View ranks 44,651st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and quiet, and lowest on health outcomes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $98,255. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $48,487 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Lake View safe?
Lake View is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $739 per resident a year.
Compare Lake View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake View 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.
Lake View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake View 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.