U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

South Carolina counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 46 South Carolina counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest renter cost burden in South Carolina
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Richland County4507954.3%
2Dorchester County4503552.7%
3Lancaster County4505752.5%
4Georgetown County4504351.5%
5Pickens County4507751.5%
6Charleston County4501949.9%
7Bamberg County4500948.6%
8Fairfield County4503948.3%
9Greenville County4504548.1%
10York County4509147.4%
11Beaufort County4501347.1%
12Horry County4505147.0%
13Darlington County4503146.9%
14Berkeley County4501545.5%
15Spartanburg County4508344.9%
16Lexington County4506343.8%
17Sumter County4508543.8%
18Florence County4504143.4%
19Kershaw County4505543.3%
20Greenwood County4504742.4%
21Anderson County4500742.2%
22Colleton County4502942.2%
23McCormick County4506541.3%
24Oconee County4507341.2%
25Clarendon County4502741.1%
26Union County4508740.7%
27Aiken County4500340.0%
28Lee County4506139.9%
29Orangeburg County4507539.6%
30Chesterfield County4502539.4%
31Cherokee County4502138.6%
32Saluda County4508138.6%
33Hampton County4504938.5%
34Chester County4502338.1%
35Laurens County4505938.1%
36Jasper County4505338.0%
37Williamsburg County4508936.8%
38Newberry County4507136.6%
39Edgefield County4503736.3%
40Marlboro County4506936.0%
41Barnwell County4501135.8%
42Dillon County4503334.0%
43Allendale County4500533.3%
44Calhoun County4501731.4%
45Abbeville County4500131.3%
46Marion County4506730.4%

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated South Carolina bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. South Carolina county map and full table.