The story of this market
The typical home in Kershaw County, South Carolina sells for about $321,445, or $163 per square foot.
Prices are up +3.69% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 45 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 95% since 2000. Last year 10 of 15 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $954 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $954 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+17.6%). Worst: 2011 (-5.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.3%
SC · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,156
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 15 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
43
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $23,452,177.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
73%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3181 | 1577 | 73% | 1.8% | $175,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Kershaw County, South Carolina
Kershaw County is currently characterized as a buyer's market with supply exceeding demand. The median listing price has seen a year-over-year increase, while rental prices have experienced a decline.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 1.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 43 days on market with 7.2 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
22% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.16% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 5 researched ZIP reports of 6 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 29009 | Bethune | $236,000 | $157 | +2% | 43 | 98% | 22% | 6 | 2,924 | $1,064 | researched Sep 26 |
| 29020 | Camden | $426,000 | $158 | -15.7% | 81 | 98.5% | 44.4% | 6.2 | 349 | $928 | researched Sep 26 |
| 29045 | Elgin | $348,999 | $163 | +9% | 29 | 98% | 22% | 33.5 | 162 | $1,321 | researched Sep 26 |
| 29067 | Kershaw | $187,000 | $145 | -23.9% | 68 | 97.5% | 12% | 4.2 | 65 | $831 | researched Sep 26 |
| 29078 | Lugoff | $409,777 | $140 | -14% | 49 | 98.5% | 22% | 9.5 | 485 | $1,018 | researched Sep 26 |
| 29178 | Whitmire | $279,860 | $157 | +1.8% | 43 | 98.2% | 22% | 4.1 | 2,924 | $723 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
- Neptune Island Waterpark4.128.3 mi
- Surge Adventure Park4.427.5 mi
- The South Carolina Railroad Museum4.628.2 mi
- Lock, Clock, and Peril Escape Rooms529.1 mi
- Great Escape Ent. - Escape Room4.624.1 mi
- Carolina Adventure World4.222.3 mi
- Carolina Motorsports Park4.88.4 mi
- Kreepy Hollow Haunted Attraction4.416.3 mi
- Scream Acres Haunted House and Hayride, LLC4.114.4 mi
- Blythewood High School Stadium4.524.7 mi
- Lake Wateree State Park4.716.7 mi
- Goodale State Park4.56.7 mi
- Goat Daddy's Farm and Animal Experience4.918 mi
- Stevens Park4.613 mi
- Little Theatre4.68.4 mi
- Sesquicentennial State Park4.626.6 mi
- The South Carolina Railroad Museum4.628.2 mi
- Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site4.69.3 mi
- South Carolina Cotton Museum: home of Lee County Vets Museum4.622 mi
- Buford Battleground4.826 mi
- Lake Wateree State Park4.716.7 mi
- Goodale State Park4.56.7 mi
- Kershaw County: West Complex4.514.5 mi
- Camden Battlefield and Longleaf Pine Preserve4.41.2 mi
- Stevens Park4.613 mi
- Clearwater Cove Marina4.68 mi
- Wateree Marina4.511.3 mi
- Pine Creek Golf Course3.97.3 mi
- Marshalls4.58.9 mi
- Belk4.28.5 mi
- Dollar General3.98.3 mi
- Dollar General414.1 mi
- Dollar General4.118.4 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
FRED SCKERS5POP
Property tax is calculated by multiplying the fair market value by an assessment ratio, then applying the local millage rate. The assessment ratio is 4% for owner-occupied legal residences and 6% for other real property. Exemptions exist for specific categories such as disabled veterans or homesteads for seniors.
SC Code Section 12-43-220; established via state constitutional and statutory authority.
≈ $12,858/yr on a $321,445 median
South Carolina is a judicial foreclosure state. Foreclosure requires a court action, the filing of a lis pendens, and a court-ordered sale conducted by a master or court officer. The process involves formal notice and judicial oversight of lien priorities.
Governed by South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 71.
applies when — Parcels located within a development subject to a recorded declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs)
Parcels are bound by the South Carolina Homeowners Association Act, which regulates the governance, assessment collection, and administrative requirements of HOAs. Owners are subject to mandatory assessments and restrictive covenants.
SC Code Title 27, Chapter 30.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.