Best PlacesMoncks Corner, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moncks Corner, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Moncks Corner ranks 1,275th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Moncks Corner
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.
The best areas in Moncks Corner
The parts of Moncks Corner, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Conifer Hall
Foxbank Plantation & Chaparral Ranches
Moss Grove Plantation
Scores across Moncks Corner run from about the 7th to the 88th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Moncks Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moncks Corner ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 87% of cities
- QuietBetter than 81% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of cities
Where Moncks Corner ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 7% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Moncks Corner
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moncks Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,992, 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 Moncks Corner's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Moncks Corner
Moncks Corner'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 Moncks Corner.
Who works in Moncks Corner, and how
Work in Moncks Corner centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Moncks Corner
Moncks Corner has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities. The coast is about 43 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Moncks Corner and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Moncks Corner, month by month
Moncks Corner sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 66° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Moncks Corner
Charleston AFB/International sits about 17 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 Moncks Corner
Schools across Moncks Corner average a B, better than 65% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Cane Bay ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Whitesville ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Foxbank ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cane Bay MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Macedonia MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Berkeley MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Berkeley HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Cross HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moncks Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moncks Corner 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 Moncks Corner against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Moncks Corner suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of cities, health care access beats 60%, and it is quieter than 81%.
Common questions about living in Moncks Corner
Is Moncks Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moncks Corner ranks 1,275th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on disaster risk and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moncks Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $296,092. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $84,992 median income, cost of living beats 60% of cities.
Is Moncks Corner safe?
Yes, Moncks Corner is safer than 78% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Moncks Corner?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 39. That works out to about 104 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Moncks Corner?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Conifer Hall, Foxbank Plantation & Chaparral Ranches, and Moss Grove Plantation. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Moncks Corner with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moncks Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moncks Corner 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.
Moncks Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moncks Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moncks Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moncks Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moncks Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moncks Corner 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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