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Cheapest Counties to Buy a House in South Carolina (2026)

Allendale has the lowest home prices of any county in South Carolina, at $74,333, followed by Marlboro and Williamsburg. Source: Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow Research

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Cheapest counties for home prices in South Carolina

Top 25 of 46 counties with data.

Ranked by typical home value (Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in South Carolina
RankCountyValue
1Allendale$74,333
2Marlboro$94,562
3Williamsburg$123,559
4Bamberg$124,675
5Dillon$125,066
6Union$136,006
7Lee$138,288
8Marion$144,197
9Hampton$157,007
10Barnwell$163,000
11Orangeburg$166,963
12Darlington$174,287
13Greenwood$176,426
14Chesterfield$179,015
15Clarendon$182,482
16Cherokee$190,390
17Fairfield$194,460
18Calhoun$207,036
19Florence$207,080
20Laurens$207,686
21Saluda$210,737
22Abbeville$212,362
23Chester$216,340
24Sumter$216,442
25Newberry$227,127

How this ranking works

This page ranks South Carolina counties by typical home value, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For home prices, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh home prices against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of typical home value.

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