4.3
Median Home Price-to-Income Ratio
2024 est.
Historical data
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Compared to the United States
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Side-by-side comparison of South Carolina vs. the U.S. average.
National ranking
How states rank by home value-to-income ratio.
| #1 | Oklahoma | 2.9 |
| #2 | Illinois | 3.1 |
| #3 | Ohio | 3.2 |
| #4 | Indiana | 3.3 |
| #5 | Michigan | 3.4 |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | 3.5 |
| #7 | Missouri | 3.5 |
| #8 | Wisconsin | 3.6 |
| #9 | Minnesota | 3.7 |
| #10 | Virginia | 4.2 |
| #11 | Georgia | 4.4 |
| #12 | North Carolina | 4.5 |
| #13 | Delaware | 4.6 |
| #14 | Tennessee | 4.6 |
| #15 | New Jersey | 4.9 |
| #16 | Utah | 5.3 |
| #17 | Rhode Island | 5.4 |
| #18 | Maine | 5.4 |
| #19 | New York | 5.5 |
| #20 | Arizona | 5.6 |
| #21 | Nevada | 5.9 |
| #22 | Colorado | 5.9 |
| #23 | Massachusetts | 6 |
| #24 | Oregon | 6.1 |
| #25 | Washington | 6.1 |
| #26 | Montana | 6.4 |
| #27 | Wyoming | 12 |
| #28 | New Mexico | 18 |
| #29 | Vermont | 30 |
| #30 | New Hampshire | 78 |
| #31 | Texas | 84 |
| #32 | South Dakota | 88 |
| #33 | Florida | 105 |
| #34 | Louisiana | $4,700 |
| #35 | Kentucky | $186,000 |
Overview
Housing affordability in South Carolina remains moderate, with the typical home costing about 4.3 times median household income in 2024. Affordability has tightened in booming coastal and Upstate markets, even as much of the rural interior remains comparatively inexpensive.
Did you know?
- Greenville and Charleston have seen some of the sharpest affordability declines in the Southeast since 2020 due to rapid in-migration.