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State data • Updated March 2026

South Carolina rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across South Carolina cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

South Carolina at a glance

$1,666Median city rent (ZORI)
5.0%Unemployment
3,419Permits / month
17Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all South Carolina cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Isle of Palms $8,375
Hilton Head Island $3,120 +0.8%
Mount Pleasant $2,380 +2.7%
Bluffton $2,286 +4.7%
York $2,261
Chapin $2,180
Charleston $2,165 +2.8%
Moncks Corner $2,105 +2.8%
Clover $1,986 +0.8%
Ridgeland $1,946

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Columbia $1,467 +2.2%
Greenville $1,544 -1.0%
Rock Hill $1,546 +3.5%
North Charleston $1,671 +2.4%
Summerville $1,836 +3.3%
Charleston $2,165 +2.8%
Mount Pleasant $2,380 +2.7%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 South Carolina cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in South Carolina

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