Best PlacesPritchardville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pritchardville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pritchardville ranks 2,483rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pritchardville
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.
Pritchardville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pritchardville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
Where Pritchardville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute32.7 minutes each way, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pritchardville
A household needs to earn about $180,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pritchardville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $113,964, 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 Pritchardville's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Pritchardville
Pritchardville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pritchardville.
Who works in Pritchardville, and how
Work in Pritchardville centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pritchardville
The coast is about 21 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pritchardville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pritchardville, month by month
Pritchardville sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 51° | 44° |
| April | 75° | 67° | 60° |
| July | 89° | 83° | 77° |
| October | 78° | 71° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Pritchardville
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pritchardville
Schools across Pritchardville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- River Ridge AcademyA · 62% proficient
- Pritchardville ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Okatie ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bluffton MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- H. E. Mccracken MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Bluffton HighA · 72% proficient
- May River HighA · 69% proficient
- Ridgeland Secondary Academy Of ExcellenceD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pritchardville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pritchardville 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 Pritchardville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pritchardville
Is Pritchardville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pritchardville ranks 2,483rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, a strong job market, and civic engagement, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pritchardville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $707,982. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $113,964 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Pritchardville safe?
Yes, Pritchardville is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $123 per resident a year.
Compare Pritchardville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pritchardville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pritchardville 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.
Pritchardville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pritchardville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pritchardville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pritchardville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pritchardville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pritchardville 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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