Best PlacesRantowles, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rantowles, 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.
Rantowles ranks 38,521st 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 Rantowles
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.
Rantowles' strengths and weaknesses
Where Rantowles ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 75% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 75% of towns
Where Rantowles ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute40.4 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Household income$53,242 median, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rantowles
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rantowles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,242, 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 Rantowles' effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rantowles
Rantowles 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 Rantowles.
Who works in Rantowles, and how
Work in Rantowles centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rantowles
The coast is about 33 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rantowles, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rantowles, month by month
Rantowles sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 76° | 66° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 82° | 76° |
| October | 79° | 69° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Rantowles
Charleston AFB/International sits about 23 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 Rantowles
Schools across Rantowles average a B, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montessori Community SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Jane Edwards ElementaryD+ · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Baptist Hill HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rantowles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rantowles 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 Rantowles against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rantowles
Is Rantowles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rantowles ranks 38,521st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rantowles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $358,615. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $53,242 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Rantowles safe?
Rantowles is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
Compare Rantowles with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rantowles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rantowles 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.
Rantowles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rantowles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rantowles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rantowles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rantowles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rantowles 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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