Best PlacesSeabrook, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seabrook, 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.
Seabrook ranks 45,102nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Seabrook
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.
Seabrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seabrook ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 69% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 97 pleasant days a year, better than 66% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 65% of towns
Where Seabrook ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seabrook
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seabrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $58,227, 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 Seabrook's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Seabrook
Seabrook 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 Seabrook.
Who works in Seabrook, and how
Work in Seabrook centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Seabrook
The coast is about 23 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Seabrook, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seabrook, month by month
Seabrook sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| April | 81° | 68° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Seabrook
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charleston AFB/International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seabrook
Schools across Seabrook average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whale Branch ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whale Branch MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Whale Branch Early College HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seabrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seabrook 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 Seabrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seabrook
Is Seabrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seabrook ranks 45,102nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, state infrastructure, and a strong job market, 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 Seabrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $378,246. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $58,227 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Seabrook safe?
Seabrook is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $404 per resident a year.
Compare Seabrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seabrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seabrook 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.
Seabrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seabrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seabrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seabrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seabrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seabrook 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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