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HUD Fair Market Rent · FY 2026

Fair Market Rent in South Carolina by county (FY 2026)

South Carolina has 46 counties, and HUD sets a Fair Market Rent for every one of them. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom is $1,077. The highest is Beaufort County at $1,816, the lowest Williamsburg County at $902.

Median 2BR

$1,077

Highest 2BR

$1,816

Beaufort County

Lowest 2BR

$902

Williamsburg County

Counties

46

26 in metro areas

South Carolina's two-bedroom FMR comes in at $1,077. Beaufort County holds the top spot at $1,816, set as its own HUD Metro FMR Area rather than folded into a bigger group. Williamsburg County anchors the bottom at $902, less than half of Beaufort's number. Columbia's metro area covers five counties riding the same base rate, the largest cluster in the state. Charleston County tells a different story at the ZIP level. Every one of its 34 ZIP codes carries a Small Area FMR, and they range from $1,300 to $2,680, the widest spread in South Carolina.

26 of the 46 counties sit inside a HUD metro area and share that metro's rate. The other 20 get a county rate built from their own rents. The South Carolina median of $1,077 is about 6% above the national median county ($1,018). HUD also publishes ZIP-level Small Area FMRs covering 46 of the 46 counties, which is where the real variation shows up. Pick a county below for the full studio-to-four-bedroom table, payment standard ranges and ZIP rates.

The median two-bedroom moved up 5% from FY 2025. 15 counties went up, 31 went down, and the rest held.

HUD has already published FY 2027, effective October 1, 2026. Two-bedroom rates go up in 17 counties, down in 29, and hold in the rest. The table shows both years.

Fair Market Rent by county

County
Area
Studio
1 BR
2 BR
3 BR
4 BR
YoYFY 2027 2BR
Population
Beaufort CountyMetro$1,582$1,657$1,816$2,177$2,720-0.3%$2,010189,071
Berkeley CountyMetro$1,557$1,630$1,787$2,222$2,562-1.8%$1,884231,419
Charleston CountyMetro$1,557$1,630$1,787$2,222$2,562-1.8%$1,884409,840
Dorchester CountyMetro$1,557$1,630$1,787$2,222$2,562-1.8%$1,884162,139
York CountyMetro$1,469$1,538$1,686$2,076$2,637-7.6%$1,785282,987
Jasper CountyMetro$1,343$1,407$1,542$1,849$2,246+22.6%$1,57929,444
Horry CountyMetro$1,145$1,229$1,465$1,805$2,111+4.2%$1,504356,578
Greenville CountyMetro$1,166$1,221$1,339$1,612$1,943+2.5%$1,507528,251
Pickens CountyMetro$1,166$1,221$1,339$1,612$1,943+2.5%$1,507131,106
Calhoun CountyMetro$1,032$1,164$1,276$1,623$1,911-1.7%$1,22614,145
Fairfield CountyMetro$1,032$1,164$1,276$1,623$1,911-1.7%$1,22620,942
Lexington CountyMetro$1,032$1,164$1,276$1,623$1,911-1.7%$1,226295,934
Richland CountyMetro$1,032$1,164$1,276$1,623$1,911-1.7%$1,226416,161
Saluda CountyMetro$1,032$1,164$1,276$1,623$1,911-1.7%$1,22618,952
Sumter CountyMetro$880$972$1,276$1,530$1,871+4.2%$1,338105,199
Aiken CountyMetro$939$1,114$1,261$1,627$1,984+7.3%$1,329169,865
Edgefield CountyMetro$939$1,114$1,261$1,627$1,984+7.3%$1,32926,181
Georgetown CountyRural$905$918$1,204$1,444$1,944+1.1%$1,15863,594
Spartanburg CountyMetro$1,034$1,083$1,187$1,439$1,661-2.0%$1,196330,119
Anderson CountyMetro$1,022$1,035$1,173$1,519$1,849+23.9%$1,102204,592
Laurens CountyMetro$863$869$1,133$1,358$1,625+21.4%$1,11967,456
Florence CountyMetro$948$953$1,117$1,434$1,588+4.9%$1,121137,015
Darlington CountyMetro$850$856$1,098$1,317$1,499+4.1%$1,09363,025
Chester CountyMetro$811$816$1,056$1,469$1,547+0.5%$1,10332,171
Union CountyMetro$786$791$1,038$1,270$1,374+11.3%$1,00327,158
Lancaster CountyMetro$881$922$1,011$1,382$1,696-8.8%$1,06997,611
Kershaw CountyMetro$844$849$1,009$1,214$1,458+2.2%$95465,779
Newberry CountyRural$747$787$994$1,192$1,353-1.1%$93337,918
McCormick CountyRural$719$729$956$1,251$1,320-1.6%$8859,612
Oconee CountyRural$712$717$941$1,153$1,337-3.7%$89478,775
Greenwood CountyRural$703$757$934$1,135$1,275-4.8%$88569,309
Barnwell CountyRural$699$709$930$1,115$1,231-0.3%$89220,653
Orangeburg CountyRural$709$750$910$1,091$1,205-4.1%$90684,159
Abbeville CountyRural$678$725$902$1,220$1,225-3.3%$88524,368
Allendale CountyRural$678$823$902$1,216$1,246-3.3%$8858,073
Bamberg CountyRural$678$687$902$1,183$1,194-3.3%$88913,311
Cherokee CountyRural$755$795$902$1,135$1,349-4.2%$88556,200
Chesterfield CountyRural$678$687$902$1,169$1,293-3.3%$88543,536
Clarendon CountyRural$683$687$902$1,205$1,380-3.3%$88531,163
Colleton CountyRural$678$687$902$1,081$1,470-3.3%$91338,561
Dillon CountyRural$758$762$902$1,235$1,513-3.3%$88528,255
Hampton CountyRural$678$720$902$1,200$1,411-3.3%$88518,890
Lee CountyRural$678$687$902$1,111$1,194-3.3%$88516,557
Marion CountyRural$678$823$902$1,197$1,424-3.3%$88529,212
Marlboro CountyRural$685$687$902$1,082$1,482-3.3%$88526,585
Williamsburg CountyRural$678$687$902$1,183$1,310-3.3%$88530,879

46 counties. HUD publishes studio through 4 bedroom rates. Tap a county for payment standards, ZIP-level rates and income needed.

Questions people ask

It depends on the county. For FY 2026 the median two-bedroom FMR across South Carolina's 46 counties is $1,077, ranging from $902 in Williamsburg County to $1,816 in Beaufort County. Every county's full table is linked on this page.

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