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Greenville, SC

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in SC, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,111 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,097 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,625 left over.

Expect summer highs near 90°F, winter lows around 34°F, and about 220 sunny days a year.

The job market looks healthy: 3.0% unemployment and 2.6% job growth over the past year.

Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.

AFFORD 95HOUSIN 57JOBS 89SAFETY 44CLIMAT 100AMENIT 55

The Greenville fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,486/mo

Typical rent

$1,290/mo

Home value ÷ income

5.4×

Score breakdown

Affordability
95
Housing
57
Jobs
89
Safety
44
Climate
100
Amenities
55

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,230/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,290/mo
Median home value
$355,000
Median household income
$66,000
Population
73,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
3.0%
Job growth (1yr)
2.6%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
630
Property crime rate
3,800

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
90°F
Avg. winter low
34°F
Sunny days / year
220
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈12/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈70/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈5/yr
Annual rain
50"
Annual snow
4"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
R+18
Int'l airport
≈14 mi
Walkability
28/100
Disaster risk
40/100
Buying instead of renting? South Carolina's effective property tax runs about 0.53% of home value per year (≈$157/mo on the median $355,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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