Home values, rents and more in Aiken, SC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Aiken compares
The typical home in Aiken, SC is worth about $274,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Aiken are 9% above the typical value in the Augusta metro area ($250,000) and 25% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Aiken rose 3.3%, compared with +2.9% in the Augusta metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,327 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% below the Augusta metro area ($1,464) and 31% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $76,746, against $69,344 in the Augusta metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 32,521 people live in Aiken (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Aiken has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 29 cities in the Augusta metro area and the 100th-highest of 266 in South Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Aiken County, SC · Augusta metro area · South Carolina
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.