Home Value Trail

States › South Carolina › 2013

State, one year

South Carolina in 2013

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2013 the FHFA house price index for South Carolina changed +0.5%, against +3.4% for the United States and −2.0% in 2012.

24,725 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (20,247 single-family), +32.2% on 2012; the national total was 990,822.

+0.5%South Carolina index, 2012–2013US +3.4%
24,725housing units permitted in 201320,247 single-family
21 of 45counties with a rising indexmedian county −0.1%
990,822units permitted nationally in 2013
← 2012South Carolina overview2014 →

Counties in 2013

Ranked by the county index change from 2012 to 2013 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2013; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2013Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
McCormick County+5.6%27272.6
Chester County+4.4%32321.0
Chesterfield County+4.4%50401.1
Union County+4.4%15150.6
Charleston County+4.3%3,4292,0717.9
Saluda County+4.1%29291.5
Dillon County+3.2%20200.7
York County+2.4%1,7311,6415.6
Greenville County+2.1%2,4192,1974.1
Newberry County+2.0%94942.4
Berkeley County+1.9%1,1351,0994.1
Williamsburg County+1.3%18180.6
Bamberg County+0.8%880.6
Florence County+0.8%3322822.4
Sumter County+0.7%5832995.5
Abbeville County+0.6%28281.1
Horry County+0.6%3,1732,6057.4
Oconee County+0.6%3272793.9
Fairfield County+0.5%39391.9
Kershaw County+0.4%2102102.9
Edgefield County+0.1%63632.1
Pickens County0.0%7904435.7
Laurens County−0.1%114841.6
Spartanburg County−0.2%1,1989543.1
Anderson County−0.3%5725302.6
Cherokee County−0.3%110841.9
Richland County−0.6%1,7741,3924.1
Calhoun County−0.7%19191.3
Clarendon County−0.7%54541.7
Darlington County−0.7%80801.3
Orangeburg County−0.7%98851.2
Barnwell County−0.8%20201.0
Lancaster County−1.0%1,4321,18612.5
Dorchester County−1.1%8536094.8
Greenwood County−1.4%122781.7
Georgetown County−1.5%2642224.0
Lee County−1.7%12120.8
Lexington County−1.7%1,5741,4945.0
Beaufort County−1.8%9989524.9
Aiken County−2.3%6055793.3
Marion County−3.6%12120.4
Colleton County−4.1%36360.9
Hampton County−8.1%12120.7
Jasper County−9.1%2042045.3
Marlboro County−9.3%10100.4

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in South Carolina by year020,00040,00060,0001995: 23,959 units (19,274 single-family, 4,685 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 29,403 units (22,511 single-family, 6,892 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 30,072 units (22,218 single-family, 7,854 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 33,576 units (24,467 single-family, 9,109 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 36,161 units (27,160 single-family, 9,001 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 32,812 units (24,863 single-family, 7,949 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 30,133 units (24,783 single-family, 5,350 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 34,104 units (28,609 single-family, 5,495 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 38,191 units (31,553 single-family, 6,638 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 43,230 units (36,081 single-family, 7,149 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 54,157 units (43,341 single-family, 10,816 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 50,776 units (41,675 single-family, 9,101 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 40,631 units (32,817 single-family, 7,814 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 25,918 units (19,778 single-family, 6,140 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 15,529 units (13,444 single-family, 2,085 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 14,021 units (12,691 single-family, 1,330 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 15,542 units (12,852 single-family, 2,690 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 18,708 units (15,288 single-family, 3,420 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 24,725 units (20,247 single-family, 4,478 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 27,537 units (21,464 single-family, 6,073 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 31,030 units (24,322 single-family, 6,708 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 32,165 units (26,349 single-family, 5,816 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 35,521 units (28,851 single-family, 6,670 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 35,487 units (30,579 single-family, 4,908 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 36,034 units (31,052 single-family, 4,982 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 42,340 units (36,226 single-family, 6,114 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 50,680 units (43,264 single-family, 7,416 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 46,038 units (37,906 single-family, 8,132 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 42,474 units (37,163 single-family, 5,311 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 47,072 units (40,558 single-family, 6,514 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 45,862 units (39,897 single-family, 5,965 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in South Carolina by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.