Best PlacesTravelers Rest, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Travelers Rest, 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.
Travelers Rest ranks 12,791st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low disaster risk, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Travelers Rest
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.
Travelers Rest's strengths and weaknesses
Where Travelers Rest ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- BikingBetter than 77% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 76% of towns
Where Travelers Rest ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Cheap childcare$923 a month, better than only 34% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 75 pleasant days a year, better than only 37% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Travelers Rest
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Travelers Rest home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,193; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Travelers Rest's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Travelers Rest
Travelers Rest'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 Travelers Rest.
Who works in Travelers Rest, and how
Work in Travelers Rest centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Travelers Rest
Travelers Rest has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Travelers Rest and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Travelers Rest, month by month
Travelers Rest sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Travelers Rest
The nearest airport, Greenville Spartanburg International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Travelers Rest
Schools across Travelers Rest average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saluda Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Tigerville ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Mountain View ElementaryA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Polk County Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Dacusville MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Flat Rock MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Polk County Early CollegeA · 75% proficient
- Landrum HighA− · 65% proficient
- Travelers Rest HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Travelers Rest school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Travelers Rest 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 Travelers Rest against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Travelers Rest suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Travelers Rest
Is Travelers Rest a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Travelers Rest ranks 12,791st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on summer heat 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 Travelers Rest expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,195. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $74,193 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Travelers Rest safe?
Yes, Travelers Rest is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Travelers Rest?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 56 with lows near 33. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 37% of towns.
Is Travelers Rest good for families?
Schools beat 76% of towns, crime safety beats 68%, and childcare runs $923 a month.
Compare Travelers Rest with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Travelers Rest. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Travelers Rest 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.
Travelers Rest detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Travelers Rest: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Travelers Rest: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Travelers Rest: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Travelers Rest: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Travelers Rest 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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