Best PlacesMcPhersonville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McPhersonville, 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.
McPhersonville ranks 46,618th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in McPhersonville
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.
McPhersonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where McPhersonville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$563 a month, better than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where McPhersonville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in McPhersonville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McPhersonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,840, 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 McPhersonville's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in McPhersonville
McPhersonville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for McPhersonville.
Who works in McPhersonville, and how
Work in McPhersonville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in McPhersonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across McPhersonville.
What the weather is like in McPhersonville, month by month
McPhersonville sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 68° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of McPhersonville
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around McPhersonville
Schools across McPhersonville average a D−, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ridgeland ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgeland Secondary Academy Of ExcellenceD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McPhersonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McPhersonville 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 McPhersonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in McPhersonville
Is McPhersonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McPhersonville ranks 46,618th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, 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 McPhersonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,004. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $63,840 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is McPhersonville safe?
McPhersonville is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $846 per resident a year.
Compare McPhersonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McPhersonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McPhersonville 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.
McPhersonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McPhersonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McPhersonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McPhersonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McPhersonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McPhersonville 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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