2012 Fair Market Rent in South Carolina

Average Fair Market Rent Prices in South Carolina:

Studio / Efficiency	1-Bedroom	2-Bedroom	3-Bedroom	4-Bedroom
$467	$513	$595	$751	$852
0-BR	1-BR	2-BR	3-BR	4-BR

South Carolina (SC) has the 73rd highest rent in the country out of 108 states and territories. The Fair Market Rent in South Carolina ranges from $528 for a 2-bedroom apartment in Abbeville County, SC to $874 for a 2-bedroom unit in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA.

For FY 2012, the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA (Berkeley County) rent for a studio or efficiency is $697 per month and $1,326 per month to rent a house or an apartment with 4 bedrooms. The average Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom home in South Carolina is $595 per month.

Approximately 15% of Americans qualify for some level of housing assistance. The population in South Carolina is around 2,890,952 people. So, there are around 433,643 people in South Carolina who could be receiving housing benefits from the HUD.

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What is Fair Market Rent?

Fair Market Rent is determined each fiscal year by the HUD and is used to set payment standards for federal housing assistance programs in South Carolina. Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile of typical rentals in a given region. Learn more

South Carolina Fair Market Rent Map

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Lookup FMR by Zip Code FHA Loan Limits in South Carolina

County	0 BR	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR	Est. Population
Abbeville County, SC	$342	$475	$528	$641	$660	26,167
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA Metro	$568	$616	$692	$927	$974	142,552
Allendale County, SC	$439	$475	$528	$655	$847	11,211
Anderson, SC MSA Metro	$413	$536	$609	$771	$793	165,740
Bamberg County, SC	$438	$440	$528	$704	$725	16,658
Barnwell County, SC	$437	$460	$528	$636	$822	23,478
Beaufort County, SC	$642	$772	$873	$1,064	$1,131	120,937
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA Metro	$697	$773	$874	$1,139	$1,326	142,651
Columbia, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$634	$690	$769	$950	$980	15,185
Cherokee County, SC	$432	$433	$528	$632	$671	52,537
Chester County, SC	$439	$440	$528	$631	$671	34,068
Chesterfield County, SC	$373	$465	$528	$631	$927	42,768
Clarendon County, SC	$439	$440	$528	$633	$721	32,502
Colleton County, SC	$343	$427	$528	$747	$767	38,264
Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$369	$473	$568	$682	$735	67,394
Dillon County, SC	$438	$446	$528	$660	$725	30,722
Florence, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$465	$524	$606	$727	$913	125,761
Georgetown County, SC	$524	$525	$633	$820	$990	55,797
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA Metro	$516	$560	$623	$822	$845	379,616
Greenwood County, SC	$451	$472	$542	$786	$811	66,271
Hampton County, SC	$447	$455	$538	$663	$753	21,386
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC MSA Metro	$629	$692	$808	$966	$1,170	196,629
Jasper County, SC	$567	$616	$686	$818	$928	20,678
Kershaw County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$379	$477	$587	$738	$856	52,647
Lancaster County, SC	$374	$472	$553	$760	$837	61,351
Laurens County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$466	$507	$561	$709	$827	69,567
Lee County, SC	$361	$442	$528	$649	$813	20,119
McCormick County, SC	$439	$460	$528	$730	$754	9,958
Marion County, SC	$436	$437	$528	$641	$658	35,466
Marlboro County, SC	$438	$439	$528	$666	$789	28,818
Newberry County, SC	$467	$509	$565	$718	$884	36,108
Oconee County, SC	$344	$402	$528	$655	$929	66,215
Orangeburg County, SC	$447	$484	$538	$668	$828	91,582
Spartanburg, SC MSA Metro	$516	$533	$623	$784	$807	253,791
Sumter, SC MSA Metro	$495	$538	$596	$766	$811	104,646
Union County, SC	$439	$440	$528	$729	$819	29,881
Williamsburg County, SC	$439	$440	$528	$633	$721	37,217
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$657	$713	$791	$997	$1,160	164,614

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