The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 29009 sells for about $236,000, or $157 per square foot.
Prices are up +2% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 43 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,064 a month.
ZIP 29009 — Bethune
The housing market in the Columbia area shows moderate growth with a median home value of $236,000 and a year-over-year price increase of 2.0%. Inventory levels remain sufficient to provide buyers with negotiating power, while rental demand remains steady. Market conditions are currently balanced between buyer and seller interests.
Median prices moved up 2.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 43 days on market with 6.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
22% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.6% · poverty 14.4% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 29009, Richland County SC
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data derived from city-level ACS 2024 5-year estimates for Columbia, SC.
- Neptune Island Waterpark4.118.5 mi
- Carolina Motorsports Park4.811.9 mi
- Kreepy Hollow Haunted Attraction4.414.1 mi
- Scream Acres Haunted House and Hayride, LLC4.112.9 mi
- South Carolina Cotton Museum: home of Lee County Vets Museum4.618.5 mi
- Button Museum4.815.6 mi
- Mc Leod Farms Antique Museum4.911.3 mi
- Camden Archives & Museum4.719.2 mi
- McLeod Farms Roadside Market4.711.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.