Best PlacesVerdery, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Verdery, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Verdery ranks 36,269th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Verdery
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.
Verdery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Verdery ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
Where Verdery ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$50,236 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Verdery
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Verdery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,236, 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 Verdery's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Verdery
Verdery 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 Verdery.
Who works in Verdery, and how
Work in Verdery centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Verdery
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Verdery.
What the weather is like in Verdery, month by month
Verdery sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 43° | 31° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 47° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Verdery
The nearest airport, Augusta Regional at Bush Field, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Verdery
Schools across Verdery average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dr. Benjamin E. Mays ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Westwood ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westview MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Wright MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Emerald HighA− · 60% proficient
- Abbeville HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Verdery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Verdery 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 Verdery against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Verdery
Is Verdery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Verdery ranks 36,269th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a strong job market, and fast internet, and lowest on cell coverage and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Verdery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,051. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $50,236 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Verdery safe?
Verdery is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $635 per resident a year.
Compare Verdery with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Verdery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Verdery 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.
Verdery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Verdery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Verdery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Verdery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Verdery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Verdery 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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