The story of this market
The typical home in Barnwell County, South Carolina sells for about $163,000.
Prices are down 1.1% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 99 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 27% since 2001. Last year 5 of 5 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $892 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $892 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2001–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2005 (+12.8%). Worst: 2010 (-11.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.3%
SC · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,063
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2001–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 5 census tracts in this county (2001 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
63
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $8,357,923.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
63.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 475 | 212 | 63.7% | 5.7% | $115,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Barnwell County, South Carolina
The Barnwell County housing market is characterized by very low inventory and declining home values. Recent data indicates a median home value of $163,000, reflecting a year-over-year decrease of 1.1%.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 1.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 99 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a slower-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 25.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The county economy is anchored by the Savannah River Site and major employers such as Swiss Krono SC LLC.
The economy is supported by industrial manufacturing and federal operations at the Savannah River Site, with unemployment rates fluctuating between 3.2% and 6.3% in recent years.
The county is served by major highway corridors including US 78, US 278, and several state routes.
- Richardson's Lake Water Park4.724 mi
- Western Carolina State Fairgrounds4.224.9 mi
- Carolina Dragway4.619.7 mi
- USCA Convocation Center4.626.8 mi
- God's Acre Healing Springs4.913.7 mi
- Aiken State Park4.518.8 mi
- Barnwell State Park4.510.3 mi
- Adventure Farms SC510.3 mi
- God's Acre Healing Springs4.913.7 mi
- Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site4.724.5 mi
- Aiken County Historical Museum4.824 mi
- Battle of Rivers Bridge State Historic Site4.626.6 mi
- Aiken Center For the Arts4.824.2 mi
- Aiken State Park4.518.8 mi
- Barnwell State Park4.510.3 mi
- Springfield Flea Market4.118.9 mi
- Augusta Regional Airport4.229.1 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Public-use airport serving the county.
Major federal facility partially located within the county.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau profile for Barnwell County.
applies when — Parcels located within a development subject to a recorded declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs)
Parcels are bound by the South Carolina Homeowners Association Act, which regulates the governance, assessment collection, and administrative requirements of HOAs. Owners are subject to mandatory assessments and restrictive covenants.
SC Code Title 27, Chapter 30.
South Carolina is a judicial foreclosure state. Foreclosure requires a court action, the filing of a lis pendens, and a court-ordered sale conducted by a master or court officer. The process involves formal notice and judicial oversight of lien priorities.
Governed by South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 71.
Property tax is calculated by multiplying the fair market value by an assessment ratio, then applying the local millage rate. The assessment ratio is 4% for owner-occupied legal residences and 6% for other real property. Exemptions exist for specific categories such as disabled veterans or homesteads for seniors.
SC Code Section 12-43-220; established via state constitutional and statutory authority.
≈ $6,520/yr on a $163,000 median
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.