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Most affordable housing, South Carolina counties · 2020

South Carolina counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2020 ACS). This list covers the 46 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 46 is 2.6.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01Allendale County, SCSC7,3551.8−32%

02Bamberg County, SCSC12,7961.8−26%

03Union County, SCSC26,7992.0+12%

04Hampton County, SCSC18,1742.0−17%

05Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7402.0+4%

06Williamsburg County, SCSC29,6622.1−10%

07Calhoun County, SCSC14,1882.1+16%

08Chester County, SCSC33,0012.1+23%

09Marlboro County, SCSC25,4882.3+10%

10Dillon County, SCSC27,4582.3+5%

11Barnwell County, SCSC20,6532.3+24%

12Abbeville County, SCSC24,8362.3+26%

13Clarendon County, SCSC31,0432.4−4%

14Lee County, SCSC15,7302.4+4%

15McCormick County, SCSC10,2152.4+19%

16Laurens County, SCSC71,8482.4+38%

17Fairfield County, SCSC20,3402.4+15%

18Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1772.50%

19Kershaw County, SCSC73,1662.5+17%

20Edgefield County, SCSC29,8082.5+11%

21Saluda County, SCSC19,6802.5+19%

22Colleton County, SCSC39,3822.5+13%

23Sumter County, SCSC105,0672.6+2%

24Newberry County, SCSC39,5612.6+24%

25Lexington County, SCSC317,5882.6+15%

26Cherokee County, SCSC58,2752.6+37%

27Marion County, SCSC28,2422.7+12%

28Florence County, SCSC138,5042.7+21%

29Darlington County, SCSC62,8882.8+30%

30Spartanburg County, SCSC380,8572.8+43%

31Anderson County, SCSC219,9302.9+38%

32Aiken County, SCSC181,5152.9+42%

33Berkeley County, SCSC274,6663.0+28%

34Richland County, SCSC434,9563.1+25%

35Greenwood County, SCSC70,3793.1+47%

36Pickens County, SCSC139,1983.1+37%

37Greenville County, SCSC583,1253.2+40%

38York County, SCSC306,8873.2+41%

39Oconee County, SCSC83,7753.3+48%

40Lancaster County, SCSC114,2963.3+70%

41Dorchester County, SCSC178,3973.4+41%

42Jasper County, SCSC38,5333.5+42%

43Horry County, SCSC427,5513.6+20%

44Georgetown County, SCSC65,9123.8+45%

45Beaufort County, SCSC204,4334.3+18%

46Charleston County, SCSC436,2005.0+83%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS