Best PlacesStrawberry, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Strawberry, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Strawberry ranks 2,084th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Strawberry
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.
Strawberry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Strawberry ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$128,429 median, better than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Strawberry ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute34.2 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 30% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 32% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Strawberry
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Strawberry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,429, 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 Strawberry's 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 Strawberry
Strawberry runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Strawberry.
Who works in Strawberry, and how
Work in Strawberry centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Strawberry
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Strawberry, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Strawberry, month by month
Strawberry sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 66° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Strawberry
Charleston AFB/International sits about 14 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 Strawberry
Schools across Strawberry average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whitesville ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Boulder Bluff ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berkeley MiddleC− · 30% proficient
- Sedgefield MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Strawberry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Strawberry 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 Strawberry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Strawberry
Is Strawberry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Strawberry ranks 2,084th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low crime, and what local pay buys, 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 Strawberry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $390,010. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $128,429 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Strawberry safe?
Yes, Strawberry is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $119 per resident a year.
Compare Strawberry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Strawberry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Strawberry 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.
Strawberry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Strawberry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Strawberry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Strawberry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Strawberry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Strawberry 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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