# Cities in South Carolina by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 43 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/south-carolina-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | North Myrtle Beach, SC | 64 |
| 2 | Orangeburg, SC | 63.2 |
| 3 | Easley, SC | 62.9 |
| 4 | Beaufort, SC | 61 |
| 5 | Clemson, SC | 60.1 |
| 6 | Columbia, SC | 60 |
| 7 | Myrtle Beach, SC | 59.4 |
| 8 | Moncks Corner, SC | 58.6 |
| 9 | Hanahan, SC | 58 |
| 10 | Sumter, SC | 56.2 |
| 11 | Aiken, SC | 55.9 |
| 12 | North Charleston, SC | 55.4 |
| 13 | Mount Pleasant, SC | 55.3 |
| 14 | Fort Mill, SC | 54.8 |
| 15 | Spartanburg, SC | 54.6 |
| 16 | Charleston, SC | 54.5 |
| 17 | Rock Hill, SC | 54.4 |
| 18 | Florence, SC | 54.1 |
| 19 | Conway, SC | 52.2 |
| 20 | Fountain Inn, SC | 51.8 |
| 21 | Hilton Head Island, SC | 51.2 |
| 22 | Greenwood, SC | 50.6 |
| 23 | Greenville, SC | 50.2 |
| 24 | Anderson, SC | 50.2 |
| 25 | York, SC | 50.1 |
| 26 | Bluffton, SC | 50.1 |
| 27 | Summerville, SC | 49.6 |
| 28 | Cayce, SC | 49.5 |
| 29 | West Columbia, SC | 49.3 |
| 30 | Forest Acres, SC | 48.8 |
| 31 | Lexington, SC | 46.9 |
| 32 | Port Royal, SC | 46.8 |
| 33 | James Island, SC | 46.6 |
| 34 | Gaffney, SC | 46.6 |
| 35 | Hardeeville, SC | 46.4 |
| 36 | Simpsonville, SC | 46.1 |
| 37 | Goose Creek, SC | 45.3 |
| 38 | Mauldin, SC | 42.1 |
| 39 | Irmo, SC | 40.3 |
| 40 | Greer, SC | 40.1 |
| 41 | North Augusta, SC | 38.3 |
| 42 | Newberry, SC | 33.9 |
| 43 | Tega Cay, SC | 25.6 |