Best PlacesParkers Ferry, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkers Ferry, 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.
Parkers Ferry ranks 45,171st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Parkers Ferry
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.
Parkers Ferry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkers Ferry ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 76% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 91 pleasant days a year, better than 61% of towns
Where Parkers Ferry ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Household income$55,000 median, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Parkers Ferry
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkers Ferry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,000, 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 Parkers Ferry's effective rate of 0.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Parkers Ferry
Parkers Ferry runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parkers Ferry.
Who works in Parkers Ferry, and how
Work in Parkers Ferry centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Parkers Ferry
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Parkers Ferry, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Parkers Ferry, month by month
Parkers Ferry sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 60, 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 | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Parkers Ferry
Charleston AFB/International sits about 22 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 Parkers Ferry
Schools across Parkers Ferry average a B, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montessori Community SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Cottageville ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Colleton County MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Colleton County HighD · 20% proficient
- Baptist Hill HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parkers Ferry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parkers Ferry 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 Parkers Ferry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Parkers Ferry
Is Parkers Ferry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkers Ferry ranks 45,171st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, tree cover, and good schools, and lowest on disaster risk and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkers Ferry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $420,800. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $55,000 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Parkers Ferry safe?
Parkers Ferry is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $444 per resident a year.
Compare Parkers Ferry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkers Ferry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkers Ferry 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.
Parkers Ferry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkers Ferry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkers Ferry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkers Ferry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkers Ferry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkers Ferry 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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