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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in South Carolina (2026)

Allendale has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in South Carolina, at $387, followed by Marlboro and Dillon (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in South Carolina

Top 25 of 46 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-04), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in South Carolina
RankCountyValue
1Allendale$387
2Marlboro$426
3Dillon$610
4Bamberg$617
5Union$655
6Williamsburg$662
7Lee$669
8Marion$689
9Barnwell$699
10Hampton$767
11Orangeburg$795
12Darlington$803
13Chesterfield$833
14Greenwood$863
15Cherokee$893
16Clarendon$920
17Fairfield$937
18Laurens$991
19Abbeville$1,008
20Florence$1,012
21Chester$1,023
22Saluda$1,036
23Calhoun$1,043
24Sumter$1,065
25Newberry$1,093

How this ranking works

This page ranks South Carolina counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment 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 monthly payment (piti).

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