Aiken County, SC real estate

What the numbers say

Aiken County, SC real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Aiken County listed for $338,900, down 3.0% from a year earlier. That is 6% below the South Carolina median of $359,945.

Homes spent a median of 70 days on the market, slower than 68 days a year ago. That makes Aiken County the #15 fastest-selling of 24 South Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Aiken County pay a median of $897 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $218,000, an effective rate of about 0.41%. The South Carolina average is 0.48%, which makes Aiken County the #8 lowest-tax of 46 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,062 a month, and $1,024 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 27 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $339,000 home here comes to about $2,105 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $90,000 a year (the median household here earns $70,609).