Best PlacesSampit, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sampit, 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.
Sampit ranks 48,831st 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 Sampit
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.
Sampit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sampit ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 77% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 107 pleasant days a year, better than 72% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Sampit ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sampit
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sampit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,293, 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 Sampit's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sampit
Sampit'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 Sampit.
Who works in Sampit, and how
Work in Sampit centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Sampit
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sampit, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sampit, month by month
Sampit sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Sampit
The nearest airport, Myrtle Beach International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sampit
Schools across Sampit average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mcdonald ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
- Sampit ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
- Andrews ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Georgetown MiddleD · 21% proficient
- Rosemary MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Georgetown HighB · 47% proficient
- Andrews HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sampit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sampit 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 Sampit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sampit
Is Sampit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sampit ranks 48,831st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low property taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sampit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,073. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $55,293 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Sampit safe?
Sampit is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,003 per resident a year.
Compare Sampit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sampit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sampit 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.
Sampit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sampit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sampit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sampit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sampit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sampit 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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