Best PlacesLesslie, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lesslie, 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.
Lesslie ranks 17,967th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lesslie
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.
Lesslie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lesslie ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Lesslie ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lesslie
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lesslie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,415, 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 Lesslie's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Lesslie
Lesslie runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lesslie.
Who works in Lesslie, and how
Work in Lesslie centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lesslie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lesslie.
What the weather is like in Lesslie, month by month
Lesslie sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 30° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Lesslie
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lesslie
Schools across Lesslie average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lesslie ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Mount Holly ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Independence ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Castle Heights MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Saluda Trail MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Rock Hill HighB+ · 53% proficient
- South Pointe HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lesslie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lesslie 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 Lesslie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lesslie
Is Lesslie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lesslie ranks 17,967th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and tree cover, and lowest on noise 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 Lesslie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,200. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $81,415 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Lesslie safe?
Lesslie is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $414 per resident a year.
Compare Lesslie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lesslie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lesslie 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.
Lesslie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lesslie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lesslie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lesslie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lesslie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lesslie 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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