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Counties With the Highest Household Income in South Carolina (2026)

York has the highest household income of any county in South Carolina, at $89,095, followed by Charleston and Beaufort (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Highest counties for household income in South Carolina

Top 25 of 46 counties with data.

Ranked by median household income (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), highest first.

Highest counties for household income in South Carolina
RankCountyValue
1York$89,095
2Charleston$88,494
3Beaufort$86,573
4Berkeley$84,358
5Lancaster$78,869
6Dorchester$78,198
7Lexington$77,408
8Greenville$76,932
9Edgefield$73,029
10Aiken$70,609
11Georgetown$68,713
12Kershaw$68,231
13Horry$66,880
14Anderson$66,651
15Spartanburg$66,234
16Jasper$65,613
17Richland$63,784
18Oconee$62,388
19Newberry$61,780
20Pickens$61,064
21Calhoun$58,682
22Florence$58,305
23Laurens$57,623
24Sumter$56,693
25McCormick$55,798

How this ranking works

This page ranks South Carolina counties by median household income, sorted so the highest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

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Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of median household income.

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