Best PlacesSniders Crossroads, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sniders Crossroads, 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.
Sniders Crossroads ranks 48,634th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Sniders Crossroads
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.
Sniders Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sniders Crossroads ranks high
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 73% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Sniders Crossroads ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sniders Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sniders Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,719, 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 Sniders Crossroads' effective rate of 0.53%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sniders Crossroads
Sniders Crossroads's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Sniders Crossroads.
Who works in Sniders Crossroads, and how
Work in Sniders Crossroads centers on manufacturing and admin & support services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sniders Crossroads
The coast is about 56 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sniders Crossroads, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sniders Crossroads, month by month
Sniders Crossroads sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Sniders Crossroads
The nearest airport, Hilton Head, is about 46 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 Sniders Crossroads
Schools across Sniders Crossroads average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hendersonville ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Colleton County MiddleD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Colleton County HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sniders Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sniders Crossroads 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 Sniders Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sniders Crossroads
Is Sniders Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sniders Crossroads ranks 48,634th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and few empty homes, and lowest on a weak job market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sniders Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,283. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $51,719 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Sniders Crossroads safe?
Sniders Crossroads is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $655 per resident a year.
Compare Sniders Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sniders Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sniders Crossroads 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.
Sniders Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sniders Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sniders Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sniders Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sniders Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sniders Crossroads 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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