Sumter County, SC real estate

What the numbers say

Sumter County, SC real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Sumter County listed for $266,300, down 2.8% from a year earlier. That is 26% below the South Carolina median of $359,945.

Homes spent a median of 58 days on the market, slower than 56 days a year ago. That makes Sumter County the #7 fastest-selling of 24 South Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Sumter County pay a median of $881 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $165,300, an effective rate of about 0.53%. The South Carolina average is 0.48%, which makes Sumter County the #27 lowest-tax of 46 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,057 a month, and $1,030 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 $266,000 home here comes to about $1,681 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $72,000 a year (the median household here earns $56,693).