Best PlacesLewis Crossroads, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lewis Crossroads, 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.
Lewis Crossroads ranks 14,405th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lewis Crossroads
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.
Lewis Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lewis Crossroads ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$117,800 median, better than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
- Short commute22.3 minutes each way, better than 78% of towns
Where Lewis Crossroads ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 19% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lewis Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lewis Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,800, 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 Lewis Crossroads' effective rate of 0.33%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lewis Crossroads
Lewis Crossroads runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lewis Crossroads.
Who works in Lewis Crossroads, and how
Work in Lewis Crossroads centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lewis Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lewis Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Lewis Crossroads, month by month
Lewis Crossroads sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 35° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 51° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Lewis Crossroads
The nearest airport, Florence Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lewis Crossroads
Schools across Lewis Crossroads average a C−, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St. John's ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Darlington MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Darlington HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lewis Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lewis Crossroads 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 Lewis Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lewis Crossroads
Is Lewis Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lewis Crossroads ranks 14,405th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, low property taxes, and high incomes, and lowest on crime and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lewis Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,323. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $117,800 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Lewis Crossroads safe?
Lewis Crossroads is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $648 per resident a year.
Compare Lewis Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lewis Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lewis Crossroads 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.
Lewis Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lewis Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lewis Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lewis Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lewis Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lewis Crossroads 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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