housing costs · South Carolina
Housing costs in Fairfield 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 | $938 | ± $61 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $910 | ± $67 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $830 | ± $73 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $745 | ± $81 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $151,200 | ± $19,395 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $129,100 | ± $14,249 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $123,200 | ± $7,972 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $110,000 | ± $13,646 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.4 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 34.2 % | ± 10.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 37.3 % | ± 9.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 40.3 % | ± 9.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Fairfield County is $938, 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.