Average Rent in South Carolina (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in South Carolina is $1,344 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $902 to $1,816 across 38 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, South Carolina's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +0.3% versus FY 2025).
All 38 South Carolina FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 18 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2025" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,582 | $1,657 | $1,816 | $2,177 | $2,720 | -0.3% |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA Metro 3 countiesBerkeley County · Charleston County · Dorchester County | $1,557 | $1,630 | $1,787 | $2,222 | $2,562 | -1.8% |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,469 | $1,538 | $1,686 | $2,076 | $2,637 | -7.6% |
| Jasper County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,343 | $1,407 | $1,542 | $1,849 | $2,246 | +22.6% |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,145 | $1,229 | $1,465 | $1,805 | $2,111 | +4.2% |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesGreenville County · Pickens County | $1,166 | $1,221 | $1,339 | $1,612 | $1,943 | +2.5% |
Columbia, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 5 countiesCalhoun County · Fairfield County · Lexington County · Richland County · Saluda County | $1,032 | $1,164 | $1,276 | $1,623 | $1,911 | -1.7% |
| Sumter, SC MSA Metro | $880 | $972 | $1,276 | $1,530 | $1,871 | +4.2% |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 2 countiesAiken County · Edgefield County | $939 | $1,114 | $1,261 | $1,627 | $1,984 | +7.3% |
| Georgetown County, SC Non-metro | $905 | $918 | $1,204 | $1,444 | $1,944 | +1.1% |
| Spartanburg, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,034 | $1,083 | $1,187 | $1,439 | $1,661 | -2.0% |
| Anderson, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,022 | $1,035 | $1,173 | $1,519 | $1,849 | +23.9% |
| Laurens County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $863 | $869 | $1,133 | $1,358 | $1,625 | +21.4% |
| Florence, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $948 | $953 | $1,117 | $1,434 | $1,588 | +4.9% |
| Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $850 | $856 | $1,098 | $1,317 | $1,499 | +4.1% |
| Chester County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $811 | $816 | $1,056 | $1,469 | $1,547 | +0.5% |
| Union County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $786 | $791 | $1,038 | $1,270 | $1,374 | — |
| Lancaster County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $881 | $922 | $1,011 | $1,382 | $1,696 | -8.8% |
| Kershaw County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $844 | $849 | $1,009 | $1,214 | $1,458 | +2.2% |
| Newberry County, SC Non-metro | $747 | $787 | $994 | $1,192 | $1,353 | -1.1% |
| McCormick County, SC Non-metro | $719 | $729 | $956 | $1,251 | $1,320 | -1.6% |
| Oconee County, SC Non-metro | $712 | $717 | $941 | $1,153 | $1,337 | -3.7% |
| Greenwood County, SC Non-metro | $703 | $757 | $934 | $1,135 | $1,275 | -4.8% |
| Barnwell County, SC Non-metro | $699 | $709 | $930 | $1,115 | $1,231 | -0.3% |
| Orangeburg County, SC Non-metro | $709 | $750 | $910 | $1,091 | $1,205 | -4.1% |
| Abbeville County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $725 | $902 | $1,220 | $1,225 | -3.3% |
| Allendale County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $823 | $902 | $1,216 | $1,246 | -3.3% |
| Bamberg County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,183 | $1,194 | -3.3% |
| Cherokee County, SC Non-metro | $755 | $795 | $902 | $1,135 | $1,349 | -4.2% |
| Chesterfield County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,169 | $1,293 | -3.3% |
| Clarendon County, SC Non-metro | $683 | $687 | $902 | $1,205 | $1,380 | — |
| Colleton County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,081 | $1,470 | -3.3% |
| Dillon County, SC Non-metro | $758 | $762 | $902 | $1,235 | $1,513 | -3.3% |
| Hampton County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $720 | $902 | $1,200 | $1,411 | -3.3% |
| Lee County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,111 | $1,194 | -3.3% |
| Marion County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $823 | $902 | $1,197 | $1,424 | -3.3% |
| Marlboro County, SC Non-metro | $685 | $687 | $902 | $1,082 | $1,482 | -3.3% |
| Williamsburg County, SC Non-metro | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,183 | $1,310 | -3.3% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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