The story of this market
The typical home in Fairfield County, South Carolina sells for about $215,000, or $156 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (0%), a market in balance. Homes take about 71 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 68% since 2000. Last year 2 of 6 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is ice storm, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,226 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,226 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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 (+14.6%). Worst: 2011 (-10.1%). 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
$1,546
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, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 6 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
53
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $8,485,277.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
67.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 663 | 285 | 67.7% | 2.8% | $165,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Fairfield County, South Carolina
Fairfield County exhibits a quiet rural market with limited inventory and a median listing price of $215,000. The population has seen a slight decline of 3.0% since 2020, and the local unemployment rate was 5.0% as of June 2026.
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 sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 71 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.0% · poverty 0.0% — 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 local economy is monitored by the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, with unemployment rates reported monthly.
- Frankie's of Columbia4.425.6 mi
- Dave & Buster's Columbia4.226 mi
- Surge Adventure Park4.424.3 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese4.127.9 mi
- The South Carolina Railroad Museum4.67.5 mi
- Carolina Adventure World4.27.4 mi
- Frankie's of Columbia4.425.6 mi
- Carolina Motorsports Park4.827.5 mi
- Segra Park4.729.8 mi
- Loveland Coffee4.725.6 mi
- Lake Wateree State Park4.711.7 mi
- Chester State Park4.718.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Park4.614.8 mi
- The South Carolina Railroad Museum4.67.5 mi
- Alston Trailhead - Palmetto Trail4.819.8 mi
- Sesquicentennial State Park4.626.7 mi
- Landsford Canal State Park4.726.1 mi
- The South Carolina Railroad Museum4.67.5 mi
- Historic Brattonsville4.729.4 mi
- Camden Archives & Museum4.730 mi
- Lake Wateree State Park4.711.7 mi
- Chester State Park4.718.8 mi
- Lake Monticello Park4.614.8 mi
- Doko Meadows Park4.717.1 mi
- Carolina Thread Trail-Rocky Creek Trail4.312.3 mi
- Clearwater Cove Marina4.620.3 mi
- Lighthouse Marina4.725.3 mi
- Wateree Marina4.517.5 mi
- Columbia Sailing Club4.727.9 mi
- Lake Murray Marina4.625 mi
- Edgewater Golf Club, Lancaster, SC4.417.5 mi
- Cobblestone Golf Club4.616.3 mi
- Chester Commons4.218.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and SC Department of Employment and Workforce.
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.
≈ $8,600/yr on a $215,000 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.