What is the cost of living in Greenville-Anderson-Greer?

Greenville-Anderson-Greer has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 93.3, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 76.8, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,173/month.

What is the median salary in Greenville-Anderson-Greer?

The median salary in Greenville-Anderson-Greer is $64,232 annually (mean: $67,956). Top occupations include Fast Food and Counter Workers, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Retail Salespersons.

How safe is Greenville-Anderson-Greer?

The violent crime rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer area is 439 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1988 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Greenville-Anderson-Greer?

The state of SC has 1,215 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Charter schools make up 7.2% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Greenville-Anderson-Greer?

Infant center-based childcare in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer area averages $7,732 per year. Preschool averages $7,402/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Greenville-Anderson-Greer a good place to relocate?

Greenville-Anderson-Greer has a Life Score of 55.6/100 (C-), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Greenville-Anderson-Greer sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Greenville-Anderson-Greer ranks #39 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC

LiveAbility 61.5/100 places Greenville-Anderson-Greer #39 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

93.3
Cost index (US=100): $1,173
2BR rent / mo: $64,232
Median salary: 61.5
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Greenville-Anderson-Greer ranks #39 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (61.5/100), with its strongest marks in safety and low hazard.

#39
of 387 US metros · Excellent: 5,478,831
metro-area population: 439
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 1,215
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: air quality (25/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Greenville-Anderson-Greer ranks #39 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 93.3 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,173/mo, median salary $64,232; LiveAbility Score 61.5/100, strongest in safety and low hazard.

Signature: LiveAbility 61.5/100 places Greenville-Anderson-Greer #39 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 93.3 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,173/mo.

LiveAbility 61.5/100 puts Greenville-Anderson-Greer in the top third (#39 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer area is 423,180.

Greenville-Anderson-Greer vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

62 Top 10% higher than 90% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Greenville-Anderson-Greer housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer MSA; housing RPP 76.8 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,173/mo.

Studio

$1,022

/month

1 Bedroom

$1,035

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,173

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,519

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,849

/month

Greenville-Anderson-Greer wages and employment

Greenville-Anderson-Greer posts 423,180 total employment with median salary $64,232.

Median Salary

$64,232

Mean Salary

$67,956

Total Employment

423,180

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$27,850
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,520
Retail Salespersons	$30,840
Cashiers	$29,080
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$40,840

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer area from NCES.

Schools

1,215

Enrollment

784,749

Student:Teacher

14.3:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Greenville-Anderson-Greer area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$7,732

per year

Toddler (Center)

$7,449

per year

Preschool (Center)

$7,402

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Greenville-Anderson-Greer's composite Life Score is 55.6/100 (C-), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

52/100

Average

Wages

48/100

Average

Rent

70/100

Strong

Crime

97/100

Elite

Schools

26/100

Weak

Childcare

70/100

Strong

Environment

8/100

Bottom decile

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Greenville-Anderson-Greer ranks #39 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 61.5/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Safety (97/100)

Safety

97
Low hazard

77
Schools

74
Housing

70
Cost of living

52
Job market

48
Climate

46
Air quality

25

What this shows Greenville-Anderson-Greer's strongest dimensions are safety and low hazard; its weakest among scored dims is air quality at 25/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Greenville-Anderson-Greer on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Greenville-Anderson-Greer on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Greenville-Anderson-Greer cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Greenville-Anderson-Greer wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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