Home Value Trail

Lexington County home price history and building permits

South CarolinaColumbia, SC metro area317,588 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA annual index 1975 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of
  • Permits through August 2026

The FHFA annual house price index for Lexington County increased by 93.8% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 59.8%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 3.7%.

2015

+93.8%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Lexington County increased by 93.8%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.8%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Lexington County+93.8%
Columbia, SC+88.2%
South Carolina+104.3%
United States+85.0%
Lexington County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1975
  • Lexington County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span
Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Lexington County, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025641.20+3.7%
2024618.14+3.5%
2023597.40+11.9%
2022534.09+19.0%
2021448.82+11.8%
2020401.28+3.1%
2019389.08+5.3%
2018369.50+4.0%
2017355.16+5.4%
2016337.01+1.8%
2015330.94+3.5%
2014319.70+1.4%
2013315.14−1.7%
2012320.52−3.1%
2011330.64−3.3%
2010341.78−3.8%
2009355.24−1.8%
2008361.75+0.9%
2007358.46+3.6%
2006346.00+6.0%
2005326.56+5.2%
2004310.28+3.7%
2003299.20+1.9%
2002293.58+2.4%
2001286.72+5.1%
2000272.83+4.5%
1999261.01+2.8%
1998253.78+3.8%
1997244.43+4.0%
1996234.99+2.8%
1995228.61+2.4%
1994223.16+1.4%
1993219.98+1.5%
1992216.74+1.6%
1991213.33+2.8%
1990207.54+2.1%
1989203.35+3.6%
1988196.33+4.3%
1987188.28+4.0%
1986180.96+5.3%
1985171.82+2.3%
1984167.92+6.2%
1983158.18+0.8%
1982156.92+4.1%
1981150.73+1.0%
1980149.30+12.4%
1979132.83+8.8%
1978122.13+13.8%
1977107.33+3.6%
1976103.59+3.6%
1975100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Lexington County. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Lexington County and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Lexington County+3.7%+59.8%+93.8%+96.3%+135.0%+6.8%
Columbia, SC+3.3%+56.7%+88.2%+90.0%+129.5%+6.5%
South Carolina+3.5%+60.4%+104.3%+114.6%+164.3%+7.4%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years. "n/a": the area has no index value for one of the two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

Drawdowns of the index of Lexington County, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
20082013−12.9%2018

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Lexington County in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990+39.0%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+31.5%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+25.3%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+17.4%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+59.8%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1975 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Lexington County authorized 1,916 housing units. That is 6.0 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in Lexington County, by month, Sep 2021 to Aug 2026
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 20261741740
Jul 20261921920
Jun 20261921920
May 20261411410
Apr 20261691690
Mar 20261961960
Feb 20261811738
Jan 20261681680
Dec 20251161160
Nov 20251311310
Oct 20251311310
Sep 20251251232
Aug 20251541540
Jul 20252212210
Jun 20251971970
May 20252102100
Apr 20251781780
Mar 20251881862
Feb 20251261260
Jan 20251981980
Dec 20241331312
Nov 20241201200
Oct 20241471470
Sep 20241191190
Aug 20241851850
Jul 20241361360
Jun 20241051050
May 20241601600
Apr 20241251250
Mar 20241701700
Feb 20241431430
Jan 20241651650
Dec 20231201200
Nov 202394940
Oct 20231131130
Sep 20231281280
Aug 20231871870
Jul 20231191190
Jun 20232542540
May 20231231230
Apr 20231191172
Mar 20231561560
Feb 20231551487
Jan 202387870
Dec 20221021020
Nov 20221581580
Oct 2022435123312
Sep 20221671598
Aug 202218116615
Jul 202218416915
Jun 202221519718
May 202222821513
Apr 202222321013
Mar 202223822711
Feb 202222121110
Jan 202220919910
Dec 202119218210
Nov 202119418410
Oct 20211901855
Sep 202120919910
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in Lexington County, by year, 1995 to 2025
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20252,0062,0042
20241,7581,7562
20231,8151,8132
20221,8161,500316
20212,6922,560132
20202,3962,32373
20192,3222,117205
20181,8961,86135
20171,8971,697200
20162,0001,740260
20151,8971,673224
20141,4121,4120
20131,5741,49480
20121,6041,340264
20111,3781,162216
20101,3181,168150
20091,7861,154632
20081,5701,5700
20072,6442,409235
20063,1482,554594
20052,2592,23623
20042,2552,072183
20032,0472,00740
20021,7201,67446
20011,6341,384250
20001,3831,3830
19991,8911,319572
19981,5401,5400
19971,4021,4020
19961,4391,4390
19951,1501,1500
Building permits in the 12 months to August 2026: Lexington County, the state and the nation
FigureLexington CountySouth CarolinaUnited States
Housing units authorized1,91646,4391,418,086
Units for each 1,000 residents6.08.34.1
Share in buildings with 1 unit99%86%63%
Change from the 12 months before−3.8%+1.3%−0.1%
Units authorized from 199557,6491,063,88843,082,761

A permit authorizes construction. It does not show that the work started or that it is complete. Residents: Census Bureau estimate for 2025.

ZIP Codes in Lexington County

ZIP Codes of Lexington County with an FHFA index, in ZIP Code order
ZIP CodePlace1 year5 years10 yearsNewest year
29033Cayce+6.0%+63.6%+105.6%2025
29036Lake Murray of Richland+4.6%+65.8%+97.7%2025
29053Gaston−1.0%+56.2%+88.9%2025
29054Gilbert+17.2%+65.8%+101.0%2025
29070Fairview Crossroads+3.2%+70.2%+102.2%2025
29072Lexington+4.0%+57.6%+86.5%2025
29073Red Bank+1.6%+58.5%+96.2%2025
29123Pelionn/a+37.4%+53.6%2025
29160Swansea+1.5%+50.2%+101.8%2025
29169West Columbia+9.5%+69.1%+100.1%2025
29170Oak Grove+5.9%+60.5%+99.6%2025
29172Pine Ridge+14.4%+69.3%+101.2%2025
29212Columbia−5.3%+44.8%+77.3%2025

Each change ends in the newest year of that ZIP Code's index. All ZIP Codes of Lexington County as a CSV file

Cities and towns with building permits

Places in Lexington County with a page, by name: housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026
PlaceUnitsFor each 1,000 residentsIn buildings with 1 unit
Cayce141.0100%
Lexington County Unincorporated Area1,674n/a100%
Lexington town311.2100%
Springdale town5519.1100%
West Columbia1256.892%

Median home value of the area, ACS 2020-2024

The American Community Survey (ACS) asks owners what their home would sell for. The table gives the middle of these answers for each area, over the 5 years 2020-2024. It is an estimate for the area. It is not the value of one home and it is not an FHFA figure.

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, Lexington County and the areas above it: ACS 5-year estimate 2020-2024, with margin of error
AreaMedian valueMargin of error
Lexington County$234,500±$3,042
South Carolina$259,000±$1,421
United States$332,700±$236

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, table B25077.

The Census Bureau defines the value: Value is the respondent's estimate of how much the property (house and lot, mobile home and lot (if lot owned), or condominium unit) would sell for if it were for sale.

It says about the margin of error: The MOEs for published ACS estimates are provided at a 90 percent confidence level. A value of "$2,000,000 or more" is the top group, with no margin. See the glossary. The site copied these texts on .

Agency pages

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Lexington County, SC home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/county/sc/lexington/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for counties (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for counties, all transactions, 1975 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for CBSAs, states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county and place files through August 2026.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.
ZIP Codes and metro area
US Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA to county relationship file, and the OMB delineation of July 2023.
Median value
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, table B25077.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Lexington County?
The largest increase in one year was 19.0%, from 2021 to 2022. The largest decrease in one year was 3.8%, from 2009 to 2010.
How did the index for Lexington County change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Lexington County increased by 96.3%. In the same years, the index for the Columbia, SC area increased by 90.0%. In the same years, the index for South Carolina increased by 114.6%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Lexington County?
The index is 100 in 1975, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 641.20, in 2025.
How many ZIP Codes and cities of Lexington County have a page?
13 ZIP Codes of the county have an FHFA index and a page. 5 places with building permits have a page.