South Carolina · 359 scored ZIPs · September 2026

South Carolina: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. That is the population-weighted reading across 359 scored ZIPs in South Carolina. Typical home value $324K, +1.2% over 12 months on average; listings take 66 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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South Carolina359 scored ZIPs

Leaning buyer−27

Typical value$324K+1.2% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market66 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut29%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$1,708/mo+3.0% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings29,261Across 352 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list97.8%14% sold above list, average · Redfin, May 2026

HavenScore58of 100

Average of 359 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability54

Growth69

Risk46

Momentum69

Livability64

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

On the map

359 scored ZIPs in South Carolina, colored by market balance.

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BuyersEvenSellers

One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about South Carolina.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

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In South Carolina, typical home values rose by an average of 1.2% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 359 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

In August 2026, the average typical home value in South Carolina was $324K, weighted by population across its 359 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, South Carolina sat in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −27, weighted by population across its 359 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in South Carolina averaged 66 days, weighted by population across the 352 of its 359 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

In September 2026, an average of 29% of listings in South Carolina had a price cut, weighted by population across the 352 of its 359 scored ZIPs that report it, against 20% for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Active listings across the 352 ZIPs in South Carolina that report them totaled 29,261 in September 2026, according to Realtor.com.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.

Market cycle

Where each city sits: price momentum against buyer-seller pressure.

10 of 14 South Carolina cities read Cooling — prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.

Buyer's market
Leaning buyer
Balanced
Leaning seller
Seller's market
Named city (ink ring)

Cooling10 cities
Prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.
Columbia, Charleston, Greenville and 7 more
Accelerating0 cities
Prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.
No city reads Accelerating now.
Softening4 cities
Prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.
North Charleston, Bluffton, Fort Mill and 1 more
Firming0 cities
Prices still down over the year, but the market now leans toward sellers.
No city reads Firming now.

Each dot is a city with three or more scored ZIPs, placed by its population-weighted balance (right leans toward sellers) and its trailing-year price change (up is rising, Zillow ZHVI). Axes fit this state’s own spread and always include zero. Pressure tends to turn before prices do, which is what Cooling and Firming name.

Every city in the chart

City	Read	Prices, trailing year	Balance	ZIPs
Aiken	Cooling	+3.5%	−23	3
Anderson	Cooling	+0.7%	−36	4
Beaufort	Cooling	+1.5%	−43	3
Bluffton	Softening	0.0%	−42	3
Charleston	Cooling	+1.8%	−23	7
Columbia	Cooling	+0.9%	−20	11
Florence	Cooling	+2.9%	−25	3
Fort Mill	Softening	−1.2%	−39	3
Greenville	Cooling	+2.5%	−26	7
Myrtle Beach	Cooling	+0.2%	−41	4
North Charleston	Softening	−1.4%	−31	4
Spartanburg	Cooling	+0.9%	−30	7
Summerville	Softening	−0.8%	−36	3
Sumter	Cooling	+1.4%	−22	3

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	−32, leaning buyer	29666Ninety Six, SC	70	$171K
2	−19, leaning buyer	29851Warrenville, SC	70	$111K
3	−11, leaning buyer	29841North Augusta, SC	69	$236K
4	−21, leaning buyer	29860North Augusta, SC	69	$335K
5	−17, leaning buyer	29170Springdale, SC	68	$249K
6	−26, leaning buyer	29501Florence, SC	68	$242K
7	−41, buyer's market	29063Irmo, SC	67	$275K
8	−35, leaning buyer	29072Lexington, SC	67	$365K
9	−33, leaning buyer	29316Boiling Springs, SC	67	$282K
10	+2, balanced	29555Johnsonville, SC	67	$150K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in South Carolina, by county →

Cities

14 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City		HavenScore
1	Beaufort	−43	53
2	Bluffton	−42	55
3	Myrtle Beach	−41	58
4	Fort Mill	−39	61
5	Anderson	−36	57
6	Summerville	−36	59
7	North Charleston	−31	55
8	Spartanburg	−30	60
9	Greenville	−26	57
10	Florence	−25	64
11	Aiken	−23	65
12	Charleston	−23	54

The other 2 cities, A to Z

City	Market balance		HavenScore
Columbia		−20	63
Sumter		−22	63

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

40 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Jasper County	−45	49
2	Marion County	−42	50
3	Cherokee County	−39	56
4	Beaufort County	−38	53
5	Greenwood County	−37	61
6	Horry County	−37	57
7	York County	−37	59
8	Williamsburg County	−36	60
9	Chester County	−36	56
10	Lancaster County	−36	57
11	Georgetown County	−35	53
12	Laurens County	−35	58

The other 28 counties, A to Z

County		HavenScore
Abbeville County	−21	55
Aiken County	−15	66
Anderson County	−32	58
Bamberg County	−30	46
Barnwell County	−15	46
Berkeley County	−25	59
Charleston County	−24	54
Chesterfield County	−15	51
Clarendon County	−32	49
Colleton County	−26	45
Darlington County	0	63
Dillon County	+4	53
Dorchester County	−33	58
Edgefield County	−15	62
Fairfield County	−17	56
Florence County	−14	62
Greenville County	−27	59
Hampton County	−25	49
Kershaw County	−26	59
Lexington County	−23	65
Marlboro County	−8	53
Newberry County	−7	60
Oconee County	−31	56
Orangeburg County	−13	51
Pickens County	−24	57
Richland County	−23	63
Spartanburg County	−27	61
Sumter County	−19	61

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about South Carolina

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is South Carolina a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, South Carolina sits in our Leaning buyer band, with an average HavenScore balance of −27 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 359 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in South Carolina?
As of August 2026, typical home values in South Carolina had risen by an average of 1.2% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 359 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in South Carolina?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in South Carolina averaged 66 days, weighted by population across the 352 of its 359 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in South Carolina?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in South Carolina was $324K, weighted by population across its 359 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).