Home values, rents and more in West Columbia, SC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How West Columbia compares
The typical home in West Columbia, SC is worth about $228,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in West Columbia are 10% below the typical value in the Columbia metro area ($253,000) and 38% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in West Columbia rose 2.8%, compared with +1.6% in the Columbia metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,558 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Columbia metro area ($1,557) and 19% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $56,912, against $68,359 in the Columbia metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 17,963 people live in West Columbia (American Community Survey 2020–24).
West Columbia has the 14th-highest typical home value of the 32 cities in the Columbia metro area and the 128th-highest of 266 in South Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lexington County, SC · Columbia 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.