Best PlacesMeeting Street, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meeting Street, 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.
Meeting Street ranks 35,687th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Meeting Street
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.
Meeting Street's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meeting Street ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Meeting Street ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meeting Street
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meeting Street home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,705, 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 Meeting Street's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Meeting Street
Meeting Street runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Meeting Street.
Who works in Meeting Street, and how
Work in Meeting Street centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Meeting Street
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Meeting Street.
What the weather is like in Meeting Street, month by month
Meeting Street sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Meeting Street
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Meeting Street
Schools across Meeting Street average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- W. E. Parker ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Saluda ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Saluda MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Johnston-edgefield-trenton MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Saluda HighB · 50% proficient
- Strom Thurmond HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meeting Street school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meeting Street 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 Meeting Street against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Meeting Street
Is Meeting Street a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meeting Street ranks 35,687th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meeting Street expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,810. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $56,705 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Meeting Street safe?
Meeting Street is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $576 per resident a year.
Compare Meeting Street with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meeting Street. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meeting Street 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.
Meeting Street detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meeting Street: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meeting Street: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meeting Street: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meeting Street: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meeting Street 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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