Is Homeland Park a good place to live?
Health is its weak spot (D−): on CDC estimates, its residents' health ranks in the bottom 2% nationally. Its strongest subject is cost of living: a typical home costs about $104K, 1.5 years of the Greenville metro’s $71K median household income. Overall, that makes a C, good for 95th of 167 in South Carolina. Set against the rest, it does better than 32% of U.S. towns. It lags on incomes as well: the median household income is $40K, and 36% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 5 of the 169 South Carolina towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Homeland Park. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 16 of South Carolina’s 263 towns do better.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index.
How Homeland Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Homeland Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 87% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 1%), so the C overall blends very different results.
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What makes Homeland Park stand out
Where Homeland Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Homeland Park | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 32.2% | 13.9% |
98% of working residents leave Homeland Park for work
Where Homeland Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Homeland Park.
Homeland Park carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of South Carolina (mostly inland flooding) and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the South Carolina rate.
A larger share of adults in Homeland Park say their health is fair or poor than in the typical South Carolina or U.S. town
Homeland Park: 43% of adults have high blood pressure. In Homeland Park, 40% of adults feel lonely, against 33% in South Carolina’s towns and 33% across U.S. towns. Two figures for adults locally: 23% smoke cigarettes, 21% report frequent physical distress. CDC measures, 32 in all: Homeland Park beats South Carolina on 2 and trails on 27.
| Homeland Park | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 22% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Homeland Park | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.6% | 15.7% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.5% | 8.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 32.2% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Homeland Park’s schools beat 66% of South Carolina districts
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Anderson 05 school district. Enrollment at Homeland Park’s public school: 397 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland Park PrimaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 397 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of South Carolina and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Homeland Park is lower
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of South Carolina towns, with expected losses of about $239 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
38% of Homeland Park’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 19%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most people working in Homeland Park commute elsewhere
Homeland Park has 753 jobs for its 2,540 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 1,203 in 2013 to 753.
The top destinations are Anderson (16%), Greenville (8%) and Northlake (1%). Most people who work leave Homeland Park to do it: just 2% work in town. Employers in Homeland Park shed 450 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 753. The median commute is under 13 miles.
| Homeland Park | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 36% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $40,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Homeland Park
In Homeland Park, the midsummer high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Homeland Park sells for about $183K at the median
At 1.5 years of the Greenville metro’s $71K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 98% of South Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $481, against $1,251 across South Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Homeland Park: a median 85 days to sell. The share of households in Homeland Park who own their home: 57%. The typical rent for Homeland Park comes to $829 a month.
| Homeland Park | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $829 a month | $1,062 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Homeland Park
Memorial Stadium, Clemson and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Homeland Park. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium, Clemson
11 mi LakeLake Hartwell
27 mi LakeLake Keowee
37 mi LakeLake Jocassee
31 mi Stadium & arenaBon Secours Wellness Arena
40 mi State parkTable Rock State ParkPhoto credits
Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain · Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · Table Rock State Park: Clemson3564, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Homeland Park: who provides what
Homeland Park is unincorporated, so Anderson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Homeland Park
About 2 of every 100 Homeland Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
About Homeland Park
CDP in South Carolina, United States
Homeland Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anderson County, South Carolina. The population was 6,445 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 781 ft
Questions about Homeland Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Homeland Park, SC a good place to live?
Homeland Park grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #95 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades D− for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Homeland Park, SC expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
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