Best PlacesVan Wyck, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Van Wyck, 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.
Van Wyck ranks 3,602nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Van Wyck
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.
Van Wyck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Van Wyck ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
Where Van Wyck ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 28% of towns
- Cheap childcare$950 a month, better than only 29% of towns
- Short commute29.4 minutes each way, better than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Van Wyck
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Van Wyck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $105,513, 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 Van Wyck's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Van Wyck
Van Wyck 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 Van Wyck.
Who works in Van Wyck, and how
Work in Van Wyck centers on real estate and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Van Wyck
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Van Wyck.
What the weather is like in Van Wyck, month by month
Van Wyck sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 42° | 30° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Van Wyck
Charlotte/Douglas International sits about 20 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 Van Wyck
Schools across Van Wyck average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Doby's Bridge ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Indian Land ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Lesslie ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Mill MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Indian Land MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Castle Heights MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Marvin Ridge HighA+ · 94% proficient
- Nation Ford HighA+ · 83% proficient
- Indian Land HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Van Wyck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Van Wyck 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 Van Wyck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Van Wyck
Is Van Wyck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Van Wyck ranks 3,602nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on summer heat and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Van Wyck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $475,741. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $105,513 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Van Wyck safe?
Yes, Van Wyck is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Van Wyck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Van Wyck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Van Wyck 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.
Van Wyck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Van Wyck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Van Wyck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Van Wyck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Van Wyck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Van Wyck 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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