Median household income in South Carolina

At $64,338, the median household income in South Carolina is 18% below the national figure of $78,067, ranking 43 of 52, with Beaufort County the highest county at $81,260.

Household income is the base every other money decision sits on: what you can borrow, what you can save, what a house costs you in real terms.

Median household income in South Carolina by county
Rank	County	Typical figure	Context
1	Beaufort County	$81,260	189,071 residents
2	York County	$80,158	282,987 residents
3	Charleston County	$78,795	409,840 residents
4	Berkeley County	$77,874	231,419 residents
5	Dorchester County	$73,686	162,139 residents
6	Lancaster County	$72,186	97,611 residents
7	Greenville County	$71,328	528,251 residents
8	Lexington County	$71,280	295,934 residents
9	Aiken County	$63,212	169,865 residents
10	Anderson County	$62,347	204,592 residents
11	Spartanburg County	$61,955	330,119 residents
12	Kershaw County	$61,343	65,779 residents
13	Jasper County	$60,452	29,444 residents
14	Edgefield County	$60,033	26,181 residents
15	Horry County	$59,880	356,578 residents
16	Richland County	$59,850	416,161 residents
17	Georgetown County	$59,782	63,594 residents
18	Pickens County	$57,628	131,106 residents
19	Oconee County	$56,710	78,775 residents
20	Newberry County	$56,706	37,918 residents
21	Florence County	$56,088	137,015 residents
22	McCormick County	$55,569	9,612 residents
23	Calhoun County	$55,550	14,145 residents
24	Sumter County	$53,970	105,199 residents
25	Laurens County	$52,077	67,456 residents
26	Saluda County	$51,041	18,952 residents
27	Chester County	$50,022	32,171 residents
28	Abbeville County	$49,759	24,368 residents
29	Clarendon County	$48,677	31,163 residents
30	Greenwood County	$47,553	69,309 residents
31	Cherokee County	$47,011	56,200 residents
32	Colleton County	$46,795	38,561 residents
33	Chesterfield County	$46,326	43,536 residents
34	Fairfield County	$44,521	20,942 residents
35	Darlington County	$44,317	63,025 residents
36	Bamberg County	$43,920	13,311 residents
37	Barnwell County	$42,470	20,653 residents
38	Dillon County	$42,454	28,255 residents
39	Union County	$42,305	27,158 residents
40	Orangeburg County	$41,020	84,159 residents

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Methodology

Every figure on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates. We store one row per county and roll counties up to state level, weighting each county by its population so that large metros are not treated the same as very small counties.

The median household income shown for a state is that population-weighted figure, not a simple average of county values. National comparisons use the same method across all states, so the state-versus-U.S. gap you see is a like-for-like comparison.

These are survey estimates, not transaction records, and they describe typical households rather than any individual situation. Nothing here is personalised financial advice.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year).

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