# Counties in South Carolina by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2027

All 46 values come from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research for 2027, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `fair_market_rent_3br`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for a three-bedroom unit in the HUD area that contains the county. 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.
- Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/department-of-housing-and-urban-development
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2027/FY27_FMRs.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Beaufort County | 2,395 |
| 2 | Berkeley County | 2,336 |
| 2 | Charleston County | 2,336 |
| 2 | Dorchester County | 2,336 |
| 5 | York County | 2,179 |
| 6 | Jasper County | 1,896 |
| 7 | Horry County | 1,823 |
| 8 | Greenville County | 1,801 |
| 8 | Pickens County | 1,801 |
| 10 | Aiken County | 1,672 |
| 10 | Edgefield County | 1,672 |
| 12 | Sumter County | 1,594 |
| 13 | Calhoun County | 1,546 |
| 13 | Fairfield County | 1,546 |
| 13 | Lexington County | 1,546 |
| 13 | Richland County | 1,546 |
| 13 | Saluda County | 1,546 |
| 18 | Chester County | 1,515 |
| 19 | Lancaster County | 1,466 |
| 20 | Spartanburg County | 1,457 |
| 21 | Anderson County | 1,444 |
| 21 | Florence County | 1,444 |
| 23 | Georgetown County | 1,380 |
| 24 | Laurens County | 1,333 |
| 25 | Darlington County | 1,302 |
| 26 | Union County | 1,286 |
| 27 | Dillon County | 1,225 |
| 28 | Abbeville County | 1,195 |
| 29 | McCormick County | 1,189 |
| 30 | Hampton County | 1,162 |
| 31 | Kershaw County | 1,156 |
| 32 | Chesterfield County | 1,153 |
| 33 | Marion County | 1,144 |
| 34 | Newberry County | 1,112 |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 1,106 |
| 35 | Greenwood County | 1,106 |
| 35 | Williamsburg County | 1,106 |
| 38 | Clarendon County | 1,105 |
| 39 | Bamberg County | 1,099 |
| 40 | Allendale County | 1,095 |
| 41 | Oconee County | 1,090 |
| 42 | Colleton County | 1,088 |
| 43 | Orangeburg County | 1,080 |
| 44 | Barnwell County | 1,063 |
| 45 | Lee County | 1,054 |
| 45 | Marlboro County | 1,054 |