housing costs · South Carolina
Housing costs in Lancaster 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 | $959 | ± $49 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $892 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $881 | ± $64 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $821 | ± $45 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $329,900 | ± $12,562 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $298,100 | ± $12,548 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $272,100 | ± $13,725 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $225,400 | ± $14,450 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.9 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.9 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.1 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.9 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lancaster County is $959, 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.