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

South Carolina counties: lowest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 46 South Carolina counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, lowest to highest; 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.

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

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.