Best PlacesLandrum, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Landrum, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Landrum ranks 16,070th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. An overheated housing market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Landrum
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.
Landrum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Landrum ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where Landrum ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of towns
- Short commute29.9 minutes each way, better than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Landrum
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Landrum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $73,897, 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 Landrum's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Landrum
Landrum runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Landrum.
Who works in Landrum, and how
Work in Landrum centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Landrum
Landrum has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Landrum and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Landrum, month by month
Landrum sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Landrum
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Landrum
Schools across Landrum average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saluda Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Tigerville ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Tryon Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Polk County Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Blue Ridge MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Landrum MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Polk County Early CollegeA · 75% proficient
- Landrum HighA− · 65% proficient
- Chapman HighA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Landrum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Landrum 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 Landrum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Landrum
Is Landrum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Landrum ranks 16,070th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Landrum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $361,903. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $73,897 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Landrum safe?
Yes, Landrum is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $360 per resident a year.
Compare Landrum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Landrum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Landrum 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.
Landrum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Landrum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Landrum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Landrum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Landrum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Landrum 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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