housing costs · South Carolina
Housing costs in Dorchester County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,463 | ± $48 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,381 | ± $60 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,259 | ± $54 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,187 | ± $30 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $329,300 | ± $5,472 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $294,400 | ± $5,491 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $273,000 | ± $5,282 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $228,700 | ± $4,917 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.1 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.8 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.3 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.8 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Dorchester County is $1,463, above the South Carolina median of $897 across 46 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.