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Counties With the Lowest Property Tax in South Carolina (2026)

Horry has the lowest property tax of any county in South Carolina, at 0.33, followed by Pickens and Oconee (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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Lowest counties for property tax in South Carolina

Top 25 of 46 counties with data.

Ranked by effective property tax rate (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for property tax in South Carolina
RankCountyValue
1Horry0.33
2Pickens0.37
3Oconee0.38
4Charleston0.39
5Calhoun0.41
6Laurens0.41
7Georgetown0.41
8Darlington0.41
9Chesterfield0.42
10Aiken0.42
11Edgefield0.43
12Cherokee0.43
13Florence0.44
14Anderson0.45
15Abbeville0.45
16Fairfield0.46
17Kershaw0.46
18Berkeley0.46
19Marion0.48
20York0.48
21Lexington0.49
22Beaufort0.50
23Lancaster0.50
24Greenville0.51
25Saluda0.51

How this ranking works

This page ranks South Carolina counties by effective property tax rate, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For property tax, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh property tax 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 effective property tax rate.

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