Best PlacesMcClellanville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McClellanville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
McClellanville ranks 30,183rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in McClellanville
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.
McClellanville's strengths and weaknesses
Where McClellanville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
Where McClellanville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute40.3 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McClellanville
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McClellanville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $94,654; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 McClellanville's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in McClellanville
McClellanville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for McClellanville.
Who works in McClellanville, and how
Work in McClellanville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in McClellanville
The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across McClellanville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in McClellanville, month by month
McClellanville sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 41° |
| April | 75° | 65° | 57° |
| July | 89° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 77° | 68° | 60° |
Flying in and out of McClellanville
Charleston AFB/International sits about 35 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.2 million passengers in 2025, with 95 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around McClellanville
Schools across McClellanville average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montessori Community SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Cape Romain Environmental Education Charter SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Henry E. Bonner ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Macedonia MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Wando HighA+ · 81% proficient
- Philip Simmons HighA · 70% proficient
- Berkeley HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McClellanville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McClellanville 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 McClellanville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McClellanville
Is McClellanville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McClellanville ranks 30,183rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McClellanville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $399,874. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $94,654 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is McClellanville safe?
McClellanville is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $973 per resident a year.
Compare McClellanville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McClellanville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McClellanville 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.
McClellanville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McClellanville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McClellanville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McClellanville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McClellanville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McClellanville 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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