Mount Pleasant, SC Named the 7th Best Destination in the US for Snowbirds

We are please to announce that StorageCafe has named Mount Pleasant the 7th best destination for snowbirds. How is how the results were measured and what put our Mount Pleasant in the top 10.

• Mount Pleasant has access to about 8 miles of beaches plus plenty of park space. Typically for the area, the average October-March temperature here is a very acceptable 58 °F.
• There are five golf courses, and a high number of health centers per 1,000 of the population, no less than 4.7. The town also ranks high for safety.
• The median rent and house price figures are currently $1,827 and $591,168, and the internet speed is a zoombird-friendly 481 MBps.
• South Carolina has three top-100 snowbird destinations.

Link to Complete Study

Criteria

To find the best cold-season hideaways, we looked at almost 1,000 places around the US and evaluated eleven factors, including:

• Temperatures from October to March (obtained from Weather Source)
• Housing for snowbirds: Availability for seasonal use, and median cost to rent and to purchase as a second home
• The incidence of crime per capita in each destination
• The length of beach found beginning no more than 10 miles from a destination
• The amount of park space per capita and the number of golf courses nearby
• Local internet speeds, as many snowbirds will be zoombirds or may simply want to blog a lot — the average over all the places we considered is 336 MBps
• The number of health care and social assistance establishments per 1,000 of the local population — the average over all the places we considered is 3.2
• The cost of renting a self storage unit — snowbirds visiting the same destination every year, and even second-home owners, can ease their luggage burden by keeping golf clubs, surfboards or seasonal clothes in a unit