Best PlacesRoebuck, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roebuck, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Roebuck ranks 15,818th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on few empty homes, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Roebuck
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.
Roebuck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roebuck ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 71% of towns
Where Roebuck ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap childcare$908 a month, better than only 36% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roebuck
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roebuck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,743, 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 Roebuck'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roebuck
Roebuck's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roebuck.
Who works in Roebuck, and how
Work in Roebuck centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Roebuck
Roebuck has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Roebuck and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roebuck, month by month
Roebuck sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 42° | 34° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Roebuck
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roebuck
Schools across Roebuck average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pauline-glenn Springs ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Woodruff ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Roebuck ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodruff MiddleB · 43% proficient
- L. E. Gable MiddleB · 43% proficient
- R. P. Dawkins MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodruff HighA · 70% proficient
- Spartanburg HighA− · 64% proficient
- Dorman HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roebuck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roebuck 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 Roebuck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roebuck
Is Roebuck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roebuck ranks 15,818th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roebuck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,963. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $76,743 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Roebuck safe?
Roebuck is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Roebuck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roebuck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roebuck 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.
Roebuck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roebuck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roebuck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roebuck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roebuck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roebuck 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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