Best PlacesMount Gallagher, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Gallagher, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mount Gallagher ranks 26,639th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Gallagher
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.
Mount Gallagher's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Gallagher ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
Where Mount Gallagher ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Gallagher
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Gallagher home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,306, 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 Mount Gallagher's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Gallagher
Mount Gallagher runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Gallagher.
Who works in Mount Gallagher, and how
Work in Mount Gallagher centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mount Gallagher
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Gallagher.
What the weather is like in Mount Gallagher, month by month
Mount Gallagher sees roughly 71 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 Mount Gallagher
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Gallagher
Schools across Mount Gallagher average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ware Shoals PrimaryB− · 40% proficient
- Hickory Tavern Elementary/middleC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ware Shoals Elementary MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Ware Shoals HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Laurens District 55 HighC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Gallagher school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Gallagher 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 Mount Gallagher against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Gallagher
Is Mount Gallagher a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Gallagher ranks 26,639th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, a strong job market, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Gallagher expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,802. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $69,306 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Mount Gallagher safe?
Mount Gallagher is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Gallagher with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Gallagher. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Gallagher 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.
Mount Gallagher detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Gallagher: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Gallagher: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Gallagher: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Gallagher: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Gallagher 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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