Best PlacesMullins, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mullins, 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.
Mullins ranks 48,742nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mullins
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.
Mullins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mullins ranks high
- Cheap childcare$519 a month, better than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
Where Mullins ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$39,042 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mullins
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mullins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,042, 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 Mullins' effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Mullins
Mullins 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 Mullins.
Who works in Mullins, and how
Work in Mullins centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mullins
Mullins has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. The coast is about 56 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Mullins and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mullins, month by month
Mullins sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Mullins
The nearest airport, Florence Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mullins
Schools across Mullins average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Latta ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Green Sea Floyds ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Plainview ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Latta MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Palmetto MiddleD− · 15% proficient
- Johnakin MiddleF · 3% proficient
Top high schools
- Aynor HighA− · 66% proficient
- Mcbee HighA− · 65% proficient
- Latta HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mullins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mullins 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 Mullins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mullins
Is Mullins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mullins ranks 48,742nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and biking, and lowest on crime and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mullins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $113,090. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $39,042 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Mullins safe?
Mullins is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,130 per resident a year.
Compare Mullins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mullins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mullins 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.
Mullins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mullins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mullins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mullins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mullins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mullins 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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