Best PlacesMitchellville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mitchellville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mitchellville ranks 49,222nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mitchellville
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.
Mitchellville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mitchellville ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Mitchellville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mitchellville
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mitchellville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $47,214, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Mitchellville's effective rate of 0.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mitchellville
Mitchellville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mitchellville.
Who works in Mitchellville, and how
Work in Mitchellville centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Mitchellville
The coast is about 47 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mitchellville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mitchellville, month by month
Mitchellville sees roughly 95 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 Mitchellville
The nearest airport, Savannah/Hilton Head International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mitchellville
Schools across Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mitchellville
Is Mitchellville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mitchellville ranks 49,222nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on a weak job market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mitchellville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,992. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $47,214 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Mitchellville safe?
Mitchellville is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $534 per resident a year.
Compare Mitchellville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mitchellville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mitchellville 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.
Mitchellville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mitchellville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mitchellville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mitchellville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mitchellville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mitchellville 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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