county benchmark · South Carolina
Rent as share of income, 2017-2021
Across 46 counties in South Carolina. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 27.9 % |
| 25th | 28.4 % |
| Median | 29.7 % |
| 75th | 31.9 % |
| 90th percentile | 32.8 % |
Highest counties
The order is not reliable. Every county in this list has an estimate range that overlaps the leader's. The spread is real; the ranking within it is not.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calhoun County | 44.9 % | 22.3 % – 67.5 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Fairfield County | 40.3 % | 30.8 % – 49.8 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Lee County | 36.3 % | 31.0 % – 41.6 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Edgefield County | 33.8 % | 30.7 % – 36.9 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Oconee County | 32.8 % | 29.6 % – 36.0 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Richland County | 32.7 % | 31.6 % – 33.8 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Charleston County | 32.5 % | 31.3 % – 33.7 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Kershaw County | 32.5 % | 29.0 % – 36.0 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Pickens County | 32.3 % | 28.6 % – 36.0 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Bamberg County | 32.2 % | 30.2 % – 34.2 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Darlington County | 32.1 % | 28.5 % – 35.7 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Orangeburg County | 31.9 % | 29.6 % – 34.2 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Beaufort County | 31.8 % | 29.1 % – 34.5 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Clarendon County | 31.6 % | 28.3 % – 34.9 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Dillon County | 31.6 % | 23.2 % – 40.0 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Abbeville County | 31.0 % | 28.1 % – 33.9 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Saluda County | 31.0 % | 28.1 % – 33.9 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Dorchester County | 30.8 % | 28.5 % – 33.1 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Horry County | 30.7 % | 29.6 % – 31.8 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Newberry County | 30.5 % | 26.1 % – 34.9 % | evidence → |
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