Best PlacesPregnall, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pregnall, 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.
Pregnall ranks 46,297th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Pregnall
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.
Pregnall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pregnall ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 100 pleasant days a year, better than 68% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 68% of towns
Where Pregnall ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pregnall
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pregnall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,852, 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 Pregnall's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pregnall
Pregnall runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pregnall.
Who works in Pregnall, and how
Work in Pregnall centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pregnall
The coast is about 60 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pregnall, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pregnall, month by month
Pregnall sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Pregnall
Charleston AFB/International sits about 27 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 Pregnall
Schools across Pregnall average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cane Bay ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Clay Hill ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- William Memorial ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cane Bay MiddleB · 44% proficient
- St. George MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Harleyville-ridgeville MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pregnall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pregnall 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 Pregnall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pregnall
Is Pregnall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pregnall ranks 46,297th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, fast internet, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pregnall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,578. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $61,852 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Pregnall safe?
Pregnall is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $631 per resident a year.
Compare Pregnall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pregnall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pregnall 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.
Pregnall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pregnall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pregnall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pregnall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pregnall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pregnall 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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