Best PlacesTradesville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tradesville, 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.
Tradesville ranks 20,858th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Tradesville
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.
Tradesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tradesville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
Where Tradesville ranks low
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$926 a month, better than only 33% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tradesville
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tradesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,596, 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 Tradesville's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tradesville
Tradesville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Tradesville.
Who works in Tradesville, and how
Work in Tradesville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Tradesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tradesville.
What the weather is like in Tradesville, month by month
Tradesville sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Tradesville
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 39 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 25.9 million passengers in 2025, with 213 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tradesville
Schools across Tradesville average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buford ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Jefferson ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Pageland ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buford MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- New Heights MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Buford HighB · 50% proficient
- Central HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tradesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tradesville 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 Tradesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tradesville
Is Tradesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tradesville ranks 20,858th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, quiet, and low crime, and lowest on long commutes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tradesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,946. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $65,596 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Tradesville safe?
Yes, Tradesville is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Tradesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tradesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tradesville 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.
Tradesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tradesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tradesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tradesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tradesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tradesville 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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