Average Rent in South Carolina (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in South Carolina is $1,391 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $885 to $2,010 across 38 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, South Carolina's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +3.2% versus FY 2026).
All 38 South Carolina FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 18 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,772 | $1,844 | $2,010 | $2,395 | $2,880 | +10.7% |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Metro 3 countiesBerkeley County · Charleston County · Dorchester County | $1,661 | $1,731 | $1,884 | $2,336 | $2,687 | +5.4% |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,574 | $1,640 | $1,785 | $2,179 | $2,773 | +5.9% |
| Jasper County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,392 | $1,450 | $1,579 | $1,896 | $2,075 | +2.4% |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesGreenville County · Pickens County | $1,329 | $1,384 | $1,507 | $1,801 | $2,124 | +12.5% |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,155 | $1,258 | $1,504 | $1,823 | $1,981 | +2.7% |
| Sumter, SC MSA Metro | $932 | $1,023 | $1,338 | $1,594 | $2,060 | +4.9% |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesAiken County · Edgefield County | $997 | $1,202 | $1,329 | $1,672 | $2,035 | +5.4% |
Columbia, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 5 countiesCalhoun County · Fairfield County · Lexington County · Richland County · Saluda County | $992 | $1,126 | $1,226 | $1,546 | $1,754 | -3.9% |
| Spartanburg, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,055 | $1,099 | $1,196 | $1,457 | $1,722 | +0.8% |
| Georgetown County, SC Non-metro | $842 | $885 | $1,158 | $1,380 | $1,936 | -3.8% |
| Florence, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $982 | $987 | $1,121 | $1,444 | $1,545 | +0.4% |
| Laurens County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $875 | $924 | $1,119 | $1,333 | $1,571 | -1.2% |
| Chester County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $844 | $850 | $1,103 | $1,515 | $1,593 | +4.5% |
| Anderson, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $972 | $1,012 | $1,102 | $1,444 | $1,704 | -6.1% |
| Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $868 | $874 | $1,093 | $1,302 | $1,523 | -0.5% |
| Lancaster County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $943 | $982 | $1,069 | $1,466 | $1,787 | +5.7% |
| Union County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $762 | $767 | $1,003 | $1,286 | $1,318 | -3.4% |
| Kershaw County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $841 | $843 | $954 | $1,156 | $1,465 | -5.5% |
| Newberry County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $726 | $933 | $1,112 | $1,311 | -6.1% |
| Colleton County, SC Non-metro | $664 | $698 | $913 | $1,088 | $1,323 | +1.2% |
| Orangeburg County, SC Non-metro | $659 | $746 | $906 | $1,080 | $1,191 | -0.4% |
| Oconee County, SC Non-metro | $650 | $683 | $894 | $1,090 | $1,204 | -5.0% |
| Barnwell County, SC Non-metro | $648 | $682 | $892 | $1,063 | $1,172 | -4.1% |
| Bamberg County, SC Non-metro | $646 | $680 | $889 | $1,099 | $1,168 | -1.4% |
| Abbeville County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $741 | $885 | $1,195 | $1,200 | -1.9% |
| Allendale County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $741 | $885 | $1,095 | $1,194 | -1.9% |
| Cherokee County, SC Non-metro | $780 | $813 | $885 | $1,106 | $1,371 | -1.9% |
| Chesterfield County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $677 | $885 | $1,153 | $1,217 | -1.9% |
| Clarendon County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $677 | $885 | $1,105 | $1,314 | -1.9% |
| Dillon County, SC Non-metro | $780 | $813 | $885 | $1,225 | $1,479 | -1.9% |
| Greenwood County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $747 | $885 | $1,106 | $1,285 | -5.2% |
| Hampton County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $677 | $885 | $1,162 | $1,270 | -1.9% |
| Lee County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $677 | $885 | $1,054 | $1,163 | -1.9% |
| Marion County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $813 | $885 | $1,144 | $1,282 | -1.9% |
| Marlboro County, SC Non-metro | $672 | $677 | $885 | $1,054 | $1,479 | -1.9% |
| McCormick County, SC Non-metro | $648 | $677 | $885 | $1,189 | $1,194 | -7.4% |
| Williamsburg County, SC Non-metro | $643 | $677 | $885 | $1,106 | $1,352 | -1.9% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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