South Carolina
State, USPS SC · 33.86, -80.90
4 findings fired for South Carolina this run, against a typical home value of $306,323 in August 2026 and covered employment of 2,326,599 in 2026 Q1.
- 36th pct · 33rd of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index, state file: the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 28th pct · 37th of 51 US states · median 2.1%
Zillow's own twelve-month change on the state row.
- 56th pct · 23rd of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
BLS QCEW covered employment, third month of the quarter, all ownerships.
- 29th pct · 37th of 52 US states · median $1,416
Total quarterly wages divided by average employment and by thirteen weeks; one covered job, not a household.
- 56th pct · 23rd of 52 US states · median 161,279
BLS QCEW reporting units, all ownerships.
- 89th pct · 6th of 52 US states · median -0.2%
BLS's own published over-the-year change. The newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so this is their figure, not a subtraction of ours.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $306,323 (Aug 2026), +1.0% over one year, +25.0% over five
- 36th pct · 33rd of 51 US states · median $350,752
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | $306,323 · +1.0% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rent #
Rather than print an empty row that suggests a number could arrive, the rows are omitted and the reason is stated. The rent figures for this state's counties are on their own pages.
Jobs & wages #
2.33 m jobs at 193,065 employers (2026 Q1); +0.7% jobs and +4.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 56th pct · 23rd of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2.33 m jobs · $1,296/wk · +0.7% YoY |
| Sector | Jobs | Average weekly wage | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 267,292 | $769 | 1.18 |
| Health care and social assistance | 263,025 | $1,228 | 0.75 |
| Manufacturing | 262,595 | $1,615 | 1.40 |
| Accommodation and food services | 246,111 | $503 | 1.18 |
| Administrative and waste services | 155,924 | $1,012 | 1.18 |
| Professional and technical services | 137,920 | $2,073 | 0.86 |
| Construction | 126,960 | $1,568 | 1.04 |
| Finance and insurance | 86,090 | $2,509 | 0.91 |
| Wholesale trade | 84,424 | $2,049 | 0.95 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 79,463 | $1,135 | 0.81 |
| Other services | 62,604 | $968 | 0.90 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 37,297 | $552 | 0.97 |
| Real estate and rental | 35,736 | $1,434 | 1.00 |
| Educational services | 35,327 | $875 | 0.71 |
| Information | 27,571 | $2,423 | 0.64 |
| Management of companies | 24,689 | $2,516 | 0.63 |
| Utilities | 11,749 | $2,617 | 1.28 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 8,976 | $1,014 | 0.53 |
| Mining, oil and gas | 2,773 | $2,899 | 0.33 |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Affordability #
A 30-year mortgage on the typical home at 7.28% costs about $1,677 a month in principal and interest.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $306,323 × 80% = $245,058, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,677/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,296 × 52 / 12 = $5,616) = 30% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $306,323 / ($1,296 × 52) = 4.5
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Trade gateways #
2 ports within 200 km, 0 land crossings within 250 km
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah | 3.77 m TEU 2023 · #4 US | 198 km |
| Charleston | 1.92 m TEU 2023 · #7 US | 151 km |
These are the gateways near the state’s centroid, within the radii named above, not every port and crossing inside the state boundary. lib/economy searches a disc around a point; there is no clip-to-boundary path.
NGA World Port Index harbours (medium and large, or any with BTS statistics) and BTS Border Crossing Entry Data ports; BTS Port Performance volumes for the latest reporting year.
National pulse #
1 national series, latest 2026-10-01
FRED series (Freddie Mac, Census, BEA, EIA, BLS, S&P) and BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators; each item carries its own date and source.
Largest counties #
The 12 counties of South Carolina with the most covered jobs.
| County | Jobs | FIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville County | 302,812 | 45045 |
| Charleston County | 285,447 | 45019 |
| Richland County | 228,131 | 45079 |
| Spartanburg County | 160,892 | 45083 |
| Horry County | 145,397 | 45051 |
| Lexington County | 132,965 | 45063 |
| York County | 106,414 | 45091 |
| Anderson County | 73,276 | 45007 |
| Beaufort County | 72,107 | 45013 |
| Berkeley County | 71,182 | 45015 |
| Florence County | 69,168 | 45041 |
| Aiken County | 66,659 | 45003 |
Ranked by BLS QCEW third-month covered employment from the same nationwide table the screener uses. A county whose cell BLS withheld is absent from the ranking, not last in it.
Metropolitan areas #
10 metropolitan statistical areas lie wholly or partly in South Carolina.
| Metropolitan area | CBSA |
|---|---|
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 12260 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 16700 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 16740 |
| Columbia, SC | 17900 |
| Florence, SC | 22500 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 24860 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 25940 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 34820 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 43900 |
| Sumter, SC | 44940 |
From the bundled place manifest, which derives its metro table offline from the committed BLS OEWS metro index. A metro that spans a state line appears on both states' pages.
Water #
Drought, reservoirs, stream gauges and groundwater wells are reported around a point, with every row's distance printed. That is a county page's section, not a state's.
National indicator context #
None of these series is keyed to this state. They are national, gauge, single-state or port series, shown as context for the numbers above.
| Indicator | Latest | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage | 16.50 | ft | ok |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) | 5,170.00 | ft³/s | ok |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full | 71.30 | % | ok |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly | 258,700.00 | trucks | ok |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual | 10,513,167.00 | TEU | watch |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports | 6.00 | ships | ok |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate | 6,830.00 | $ per 40 ft box | watch |
| US diesel retail price | not published | $ per gallon | no data |
| WTI crude oil, spot | 96.16 | $ per barrel | watch |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate | 7.28 | % | watch |
| Housing starts, annual rate | 1,275.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Building permits, annual rate | 1,403.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Case-Shiller US home price index | 337.31 | index, Jan 2000 = 100 | ok |
| Unemployment rate | 4.10 | % | ok |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly | -88,576.00 | $ millions | ok |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly | 646,347.00 | $ millions | ok |
lib/indicators has no geographic selection: every registry entry is a United States, gauge, Texas, port, crossing or world series. Reading these as this state's own readings would be wrong.
What changed #
South Carolina: 4 findings, 4 noted
noteSouth Carolina's average weekly wage was 4.0% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +4 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteSouth Carolina's covered employment was 0.7% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +0.7 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering South Carolina is due between 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering South Carolina is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
The full South Carolina brief, with the arithmetic behind every sentence.
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