Best PlacesLands End, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lands End, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lands End ranks 33,783rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lands End
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.
Lands End's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lands End ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Lands End ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lands End
A household needs to earn about $158,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lands End home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,150, 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 Lands End's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Lands End
Lands End 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 Lands End.
Who works in Lands End, and how
Work in Lands End centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lands End
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lands End, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lands End, month by month
Lands End sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 50° | 43° |
| April | 76° | 66° | 59° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 76° |
| October | 78° | 69° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Lands End
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lands End
Schools across Lands End average a C, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hilton Head Island ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Lady's Island ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- St. Helena ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hilton Head Island MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Lady's Island MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaufort HighA− · 61% proficient
- Hilton Head Island HighA− · 59% proficient
- Battery Creek HighB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lands End school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lands End 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 Lands End against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lands End
Is Lands End a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lands End ranks 33,783rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and an educated workforce, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lands End expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $623,800. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $86,150 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Lands End safe?
Lands End is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $758 per resident a year.
Compare Lands End with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lands End. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lands End 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.
Lands End detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lands End: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lands End: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lands End: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lands End: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lands End 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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