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ZIP 29180 · Winnsboro, SC · 11,862 residents · September 2026

Winnsboro 29180: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. Typical home value $173K, +3.1% over 12 months; listings take 107 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning buyer−25

In Mar 2026: −46

Typical value$173K+3.1% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market107 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut29%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Typical rent$1,115/moZillow, Aug 2026
Active listings380% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore57of 100

Higher than 79% of scored ZIPs · #2,478 of 13,130 ZIPs with 5,000+ residents

Affordability57
Growth61
Risk45
Momentum78
Livability38

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026−46
  2. Apr 2026−53
  3. May 2026−51
  4. Jun 2026−53
  5. Jul 2026−40
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026−25

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 107 days on marketslower than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 29% of listings cut pricemore than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 38 active listings0% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Cooling: prices +3.1% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward buyers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$172,862Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2003, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+3.1%
3 years−3.9%
5 years−9.3%
10 years+25.1%
From peak−13.2%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 29180 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $183,594 in August 2022; the latest value is −5.8% from that peak, 48 months on. Since January 2019 it is +33.9%. The sharpest 12-month move was −14.0%, ending January 2024.

Zillow's typical home value here, $173K in August 2026, is 40% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +3.1% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$97K
Middle tier$173K
Top tier$356K
Single-family$173K
2 bedrooms$127K
3 bedrooms$206K

Starter homes here fell 2% in five years while top-tier homes rose 19% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the top of the market outpaced the bottom.

3-bedroom homes here run 63% above 2-bedrooms (Zillow ZHVI by bedroom); the SC median premium is 52%.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankSouth Carolina rank
1 year+3.1%+3.1%/yrHigher than 64% nationallyTop 25% in South Carolina
3 years−3.9%−1.3%/yrHigher than 11% nationallyHigher than 11% in South Carolina
5 years−9.3%−1.9%/yrHigher than 2% nationallyHigher than 3% in South Carolina
10 years+25.1%+2.3%/yrHigher than 4% nationallyHigher than 4% in South Carolina
Since 2003+24.2%+0.9%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$140K$160K$200K$183K202420252026$140K$160K$200K$183K202420252026
3 months$183K+5.9% · $173K–$196KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Zillow's own published forecast has this ZIP's typical value rise 1.6% over the twelve months from August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Forecast).

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$1,31838% of the median household income here ($41,604)
Principal and interest$1,020
Property tax$82
Insurance$119
Mortgage insurance$97

Above the 36% line lenders use for total debt, for a median earner here. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $1,424 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Typical rent, monthly

The rent history for this ZIP is part of Haven.Monthly since April 2026.
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Typical rent$1,115
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Payment on a typical purchase$1,318

Buying costs $203 a month more than renting here before tax effects and maintenance; the gap is 18% of rent.

Home value change

Under these assumptions the cumulative cost of owning and renting cross in year 14.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $1,500 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $206K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 8.7% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

Owning against renting, year by year Haven
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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$41,604Census ACS
Price to income4.2×long-run average 3.5×
Property tax0.57%statutory, state
Insurance$1,424/yrtypical premium
Commute28 minmedian, one way
Walkability4 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively ModerateFEMA NRI · wildfire 79 · flood 53
Population change−3.3% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1979Census ACS
Owner-occupied70%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 4.2× the median household income here, against 4.2× in the median SC ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $41,604 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Moderatescore 56 of 100 · county median 56
Flood53 of 100county median 53
Wildfire79 of 100county median 79
Hurricane80 of 100county median 77

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 5 scored ZIPs in Fairfield County.

Everyday prices

Everyday prices in the Columbia metro run 6% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024).

Rents in the index run 21% below the U.S. average.

$75,000 at U.S.-average prices buys what $70,250 buys here.

Metro-level index, U.S. = 100 · 2024 · the Columbia metro, not this ZIP alone.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income3%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income54%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

57

Growth

61

Risk

45

Momentum

78
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Livability

38
Walkability4 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density13 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

1 scored South Carolina ZIP within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Dots are South Carolina ZIP centers colored by market balance; the ring is 12 miles.

No cheaper ZIP within ten points nearby.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
BEAEveryday prices (Regional Price Parities)2024
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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