Home values, rents and more in South Carolina
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How South Carolina compares
The typical home in South Carolina is worth about $304,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in South Carolina are 17% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in South Carolina rose 0.9%, compared with +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,644 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 15% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $69,324, against $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 5,570,274 people live in South Carolina (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
South Carolina has the 19th-lowest typical home value of the 51 states in the United States with Zillow figures.
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Metro areas in South Carolina
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $250,000
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC $437,000
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $381,000
- Columbia, SC $253,000
- Florence, SC $193,000
- Gaffney, SC $190,000
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $312,000
- Greenwood, SC $175,000
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $522,000
- Murrells Inlet, SC $387,000
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $340,000
- Newberry, SC $223,000
- Orangeburg, SC $163,000
- Seneca, SC $288,000
- Spartanburg, SC $275,000
- Sumter, SC $200,000
Counties in South Carolina
- Abbeville County, SC $210,000
- Aiken County, SC $243,000
- Allendale County, SC $75,324
- Anderson County, SC $287,000
- Bamberg County, SC $128,000
- Barnwell County, SC $173,000
- Beaufort County, SC $552,000
- Berkeley County, SC $378,000
- Calhoun County, SC $210,000
- Charleston County, SC $610,000
- Cherokee County, SC $190,000
- Chester County, SC $211,000
- Chesterfield County, SC $185,000
- Clarendon County, SC $187,000
- Colleton County, SC $252,000
- Darlington County, SC $171,000
- Dillon County, SC $157,000
- Dorchester County, SC $348,000
- Edgefield County, SC $278,000
- Fairfield County, SC $195,000
- Florence County, SC $205,000
- Georgetown County, SC $387,000
- Greenville County, SC $337,000
- Greenwood County, SC $175,000
- Hampton County, SC $159,000
- Horry County, SC $320,000
- Jasper County, SC $403,000
- Kershaw County, SC $260,000
- Lancaster County, SC $379,000
- Laurens County, SC $215,000
- Lee County, SC $132,000
- Lexington County, SC $272,000
- Marion County, SC $144,000
- Marlboro County, SC $123,000
- McCormick County, SC $316,000
- Newberry County, SC $223,000
- Oconee County, SC $288,000
- Orangeburg County, SC $163,000
- Pickens County, SC $307,000
- Richland County, SC $241,000
- Saluda County, SC $207,000
- Spartanburg County, SC $275,000
- Sumter County, SC $204,000
- Union County, SC $132,000
- Williamsburg County, SC $128,000
- York County, SC $383,000
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.