Horry County, SC real estate

What the numbers say

Horry County, SC real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Horry County listed for $315,000, down 1.6% from a year earlier. That is 12% below the South Carolina median of $359,945.

Homes spent a median of 82 days on the market, slower than 80 days a year ago. That makes Horry County the #19 fastest-selling of 24 South Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Horry County pay a median of $944 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $287,700, an effective rate of about 0.33%. The South Carolina average is 0.48%, which makes Horry County the #1 lowest-tax of 46 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,255 a month, and $1,241 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 21 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 $315,000 home here comes to about $1,935 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $83,000 a year (the median household here earns $66,880).