Counties in South Carolina by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)

York County had the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly) of 46 counties in 2025, at $1,647. Williamsburg County had the lowest, at $711. The median was $842. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,647York County
Median84246 counties

Map of counties, 2025

Abbeville County: 711 USDAiken County: 1,039 USDAllendale County: 843 USDAnderson County: 792 USDBamberg County: 711 USDBarnwell County: 711 USDBeaufort County: 1,646 USDBerkeley County: 1,644 USDCalhoun County: 1,172 USDCharleston County: 1,644 USDCherokee County: 718 USDChester County: 840 USDChesterfield County: 711 USDClarendon County: 711 USDColleton County: 757 USDDarlington County: 824 USDDillon County: 749 USDDorchester County: 1,644 USDEdgefield County: 1,039 USDFairfield County: 1,172 USDFlorence County: 862 USDGeorgetown County: 908 USDGreenville County: 1,180 USDGreenwood County: 786 USDHampton County: 800 USDHorry County: 1,199 USDJasper County: 1,136 USDKershaw County: 800 USDLancaster County: 987 USDLaurens County: 711 USDLee County: 711 USDLexington County: 1,172 USDMcCormick County: 741 USDMarion County: 843 USDMarlboro County: 711 USDNewberry County: 766 USDOconee County: 745 USDOrangeburg County: 792 USDPickens County: 1,180 USDRichland County: 1,172 USDSaluda County: 1,172 USDSpartanburg County: 1,094 USDSumter County: 951 USDUnion County: 711 USDWilliamsburg County: 711 USDYork County: 1,647 USD
  • Under 770
  • 770 to 840
  • 840 to 1,000
  • 1,000 to 1,200
  • 1,200 and over
USD, 2025. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2025

York County: 1,647 USDYork County1,647Beaufort County: 1,646 USDBeaufort County1,646Berkeley County: 1,644 USDBerkeley County1,644Charleston County: 1,644 USDCharleston County1,644Dorchester County: 1,644 USDDorchester County1,644Horry County: 1,199 USDHorry County1,199Greenville County: 1,180 USDGreenville County1,180Pickens County: 1,180 USDPickens County1,180Calhoun County: 1,172 USDCalhoun County1,172Fairfield County: 1,172 USDFairfield County1,172Lexington County: 1,172 USDLexington County1,172Richland County: 1,172 USDRichland County1,172Saluda County: 1,172 USDSaluda County1,172Jasper County: 1,136 USDJasper County1,136Spartanburg County: 1,094 USDSpartanburg County1,094Aiken County: 1,039 USDAiken County1,039Edgefield County: 1,039 USDEdgefield County1,039Lancaster County: 987 USDLancaster County987Sumter County: 951 USDSumter County951Georgetown County: 908 USDGeorgetown County908Florence County: 862 USDFlorence County862Allendale County: 843 USDAllendale County843Marion County: 843 USDMarion County843Chester County: 840 USDChester County840Darlington County: 824 USDDarlington County824Hampton County: 800 USDHampton County800Kershaw County: 800 USDKershaw County800Anderson County: 792 USDAnderson County792Orangeburg County: 792 USDOrangeburg County792Greenwood County: 786 USDGreenwood County786Newberry County: 766 USDNewberry County766Colleton County: 757 USDColleton County757Dillon County: 749 USDDillon County749Oconee County: 745 USDOconee County745McCormick County: 741 USDMcCormick County741Cherokee County: 718 USDCherokee County718Abbeville County: 711 USDAbbeville County711Bamberg County: 711 USDBamberg County711Barnwell County: 711 USDBarnwell County711Chesterfield County: 711 USDChesterfield County711Clarendon County: 711 USDClarendon County711Laurens County: 711 USDLaurens County711Lee County: 711 USDLee County711Marlboro County: 711 USDMarlboro County711Union County: 711 USDUnion County711Williamsburg County: 711 USDWilliamsburg County711York County: 1,647 USDYork County1,647Beaufort County: 1,646 USDBeaufort County1,646Berkeley County: 1,644 USDBerkeley County1,644Charleston County: 1,644 USDCharleston County1,644Dorchester County: 1,644 USDDorchester County1,644Horry County: 1,199 USDHorry County1,199Greenville County: 1,180 USDGreenville County1,180Pickens County: 1,180 USDPickens County1,180Calhoun County: 1,172 USDCalhoun County1,172Fairfield County: 1,172 USDFairfield County1,172Lexington County: 1,172 USDLexington County1,172Richland County: 1,172 USDRichland County1,172Saluda County: 1,172 USDSaluda County1,172Jasper County: 1,136 USDJasper County1,136Spartanburg County: 1,094 USDSpartanburg County1,094Aiken County: 1,039 USDAiken County1,039Edgefield County: 1,039 USDEdgefield County1,039Lancaster County: 987 USDLancaster County987Sumter County: 951 USDSumter County951Georgetown County: 908 USDGeorgetown County908Florence County: 862 USDFlorence County862Allendale County: 843 USDAllendale County843Marion County: 843 USDMarion County843Chester County: 840 USDChester County840Darlington County: 824 USDDarlington County824Hampton County: 800 USDHampton County800Kershaw County: 800 USDKershaw County800Anderson County: 792 USDAnderson County792Orangeburg County: 792 USDOrangeburg County792Greenwood County: 786 USDGreenwood County786Newberry County: 766 USDNewberry County766Colleton County: 757 USDColleton County757Dillon County: 749 USDDillon County749Oconee County: 745 USDOconee County745McCormick County: 741 USDMcCormick County741Cherokee County: 718 USDCherokee County718Abbeville County: 711 USDAbbeville County711Bamberg County: 711 USDBamberg County711Barnwell County: 711 USDBarnwell County711Chesterfield County: 711 USDChesterfield County711Clarendon County: 711 USDClarendon County711Laurens County: 711 USDLaurens County711Lee County: 711 USDLee County711Marlboro County: 711 USDMarlboro County711Union County: 711 USDUnion County711Williamsburg County: 711 USDWilliamsburg County711
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025
USD
Change on 2024
1York County1,647+19%
2Beaufort County1,646+11.8%
3Berkeley County1,644+15.4%
3Charleston County1,644+15.4%
3Dorchester County1,644+15.4%
6Horry County1,199+1%
7Greenville County1,180+9.9%
7Pickens County1,180+9.9%
9Calhoun County1,172+5.6%
9Fairfield County1,172+5.6%
9Lexington County1,172+5.6%
9Richland County1,172+5.6%
9Saluda County1,172+5.6%
14Jasper County1,136+7.6%
15Spartanburg County1,094+7.7%
16Aiken County1,039+8.1%
16Edgefield County1,039+8.1%
18Lancaster County987+24.9%
19Sumter County951+1.9%
20Georgetown County908+7.1%
21Florence County862+8.8%
22Allendale County843+4.6%
22Marion County843+4.6%
24Chester County840+14%
25Darlington County824+9%
26Hampton County800+5.3%
26Kershaw County800-0.6%
28Anderson County792-5.8%
28Orangeburg County792-4%
30Greenwood County7860%
31Newberry County766-0.8%
32Colleton County757+0.1%
33Dillon County749+8.4%
34Oconee County745-0.9%
35McCormick County741-2.1%
36Cherokee County718+1%
37Abbeville County711+0.3%
37Bamberg County711+3.2%
37Barnwell County711+3.2%
37Chesterfield County711-1%
37Clarendon County711+3.2%
37Laurens County711-6.1%
37Lee County711+3.2%
37Marlboro County711+3.2%
37Union County711+3.2%
37Williamsburg County711+3.2%

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About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a one-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet.
  • HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile.
  • They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2025). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in South Carolina by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in South Carolina by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2025. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 18 Feb. 2025, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/south-carolina-counties?period=2025. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2025. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in South Carolina by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/south-carolina-counties?period=2025.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2025) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: one bedroom, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in South Carolina by fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly), 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/FY25_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-one-bedroom/south-carolina-counties?period=2025 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

York County, with $1,647 in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, one bedroom (HUD, monthly)?

Williamsburg County, with $711 in 2025.

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