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South Carolina in 2023
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2023 the FHFA house price index for South Carolina changed +9.8%, against +5.7% for the United States and +19.5% in 2022.
42,474 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (37,163 single-family), −7.7% on 2022; the national total was 1,511,102.
Counties in 2023
Ranked by the county index change from 2022 to 2023 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2023; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.
| County | Index change 2023 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnwell County | +27.5% | 21 | 19 | 1.0 |
| Hampton County | +26.7% | 10 | 10 | 0.6 |
| Chester County | +19.3% | 164 | 164 | 5.0 |
| Jasper County | +17.5% | 1,320 | 1,288 | 34.3 |
| Beaufort County | +14.8% | 1,634 | 1,354 | 8.0 |
| Cherokee County | +13.4% | 270 | 270 | 4.6 |
| Fairfield County | +13.3% | 76 | 76 | 3.7 |
| Charleston County | +12.9% | 4,558 | 2,942 | 10.4 |
| Lee County | +12.7% | 17 | 17 | 1.1 |
| Sumter County | +12.6% | 381 | 343 | 3.6 |
| Colleton County | +12.0% | 66 | 66 | 1.7 |
| Georgetown County | +12.0% | 355 | 287 | 5.4 |
| Lexington County | +11.9% | 1,815 | 1,813 | 5.7 |
| Marion County | +11.9% | 73 | 73 | 2.6 |
| Aiken County | +11.5% | 1,472 | 1,338 | 8.1 |
| Newberry County | +10.5% | 180 | 180 | 4.5 |
| Pickens County | +10.2% | 1,087 | 889 | 7.8 |
| Spartanburg County | +9.9% | 2,867 | 2,824 | 7.5 |
| Darlington County | +9.8% | 201 | 180 | 3.2 |
| Williamsburg County | +9.8% | 37 | 37 | 1.2 |
| Berkeley County | +9.6% | 2,904 | 2,131 | 10.6 |
| Greenville County | +9.6% | 4,774 | 4,350 | 8.2 |
| Horry County | +9.3% | 6,513 | 6,356 | 15.2 |
| Anderson County | +9.2% | 1,401 | 1,024 | 6.4 |
| Union County | +9.2% | 56 | 56 | 2.1 |
| Richland County | +8.8% | 2,843 | 2,125 | 6.5 |
| Dorchester County | +8.6% | 1,111 | 1,111 | 6.2 |
| Calhoun County | +8.4% | 23 | 23 | 1.6 |
| York County | +8.4% | 2,289 | 1,989 | 7.5 |
| Florence County | +8.1% | 536 | 530 | 3.9 |
| Oconee County | +8.1% | 612 | 612 | 7.3 |
| Clarendon County | +7.7% | 92 | 92 | 3.0 |
| Laurens County | +7.0% | 422 | 422 | 5.9 |
| Kershaw County | +6.6% | 661 | 550 | 9.0 |
| Greenwood County | +5.9% | 62 | 62 | 0.9 |
| Abbeville County | +5.4% | 157 | 157 | 6.3 |
| Edgefield County | +5.3% | 238 | 227 | 8.0 |
| Lancaster County | +4.8% | 699 | 699 | 6.1 |
| Chesterfield County | +4.2% | 170 | 170 | 3.8 |
| Orangeburg County | −0.8% | 83 | 83 | 1.0 |
| Marlboro County | −1.2% | 7 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Dillon County | −4.3% | 42 | 42 | 1.5 |
| Saluda County | −4.8% | 47 | 47 | 2.4 |
| Bamberg County | — | 9 | 9 | 0.7 |
| McCormick County | — | 115 | 115 | 11.3 |
Permits by year, 1995–2025
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.