The story of this market
The typical home in Oconee County, South Carolina sells for about $349,000, or $205 per square foot.
Prices are up +11.3% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 78 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 128% since 2000. Last year 12 of 19 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $894 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $894 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+23.8%). Worst: 2010 (-6.4%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.3%
SC · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,090
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 19 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
78
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $45,124,019.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
77.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3252 | 1752 | 77.3% | 2.9% | $195,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Oconee County, South Carolina
Oconee County's housing market is experiencing a period of price appreciation with a median sale price of $349,000, reflecting an 11.3% year-over-year increase. While demand remains solid, the market is shifting toward a buyer's market as days on market have risen to 78 days. Inventory levels remain constrained with 499 active listings as of July 2026.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 7.7% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 83 days on market with 2.4 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
7% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.25% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 19.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 4 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
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- Big Air Trampoline Park4.722.4 mi
- Shores of Asbury RV Resort4.518.9 mi
- Highlands Aerial Park4.926.1 mi
- Memorial Stadium4.89.8 mi
- Littlejohn Coliseum4.79.6 mi
- Doug Kingsmore Stadium4.89.5 mi
- Madworld Haunted Attractions4.728.4 mi
- Anderson Motor Speedway Inc4.724 mi
- Devils Fork State Park4.714.3 mi
- Whitewater Falls4.919.8 mi
- Tugaloo State Park4.718 mi
- Stumphouse Tunnel4.78.5 mi
- Oconee State Park4.710.4 mi
- Camp Toccoa At Currahee4.926.7 mi
- Hagood Mill Historic Site4.819.6 mi
- The Foxfire Museum4.825.5 mi
- Oconee Station State Historic Site4.88 mi
- Currahee Military Museum4.922.6 mi
- Devils Fork State Park4.714.3 mi
- Whitewater Falls4.919.8 mi
- Tugaloo State Park4.718 mi
- Stumphouse Tunnel4.78.5 mi
- Oconee State Park4.710.4 mi
- Big Water Marina Lakeside Resort4.426.5 mi
- Keowee Marina | Boat Rentals Lake Keowee4.63.7 mi
- Old Edwards Reserve at Lake Keowee4.612.4 mi
- Portman Marina Inc4.318.9 mi
- Sunset Marina on Lake Keowee4.59.3 mi
- The Oasis Ranch Mini Golf4.96.5 mi
- The Walker Course4.610.4 mi
- Currahee Club4.716 mi
- Boscobel Golf & Country Club4.315.5 mi
- Chickasaw Point Golf Course4.414.8 mi
- Publix Super Market at Gateway Village4.610.9 mi
- Publix Super Market at Seneca 130 Plaza4.64.5 mi
- Pickens County Flea Market4.516.5 mi
- Ingles Market4.44.6 mi
- Marshalls4.38.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Census Reporter profile for Oconee County, SC
applies when — Parcels located within a development subject to a recorded declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs)
Parcels are bound by the South Carolina Homeowners Association Act, which regulates the governance, assessment collection, and administrative requirements of HOAs. Owners are subject to mandatory assessments and restrictive covenants.
SC Code Title 27, Chapter 30.
South Carolina is a judicial foreclosure state. Foreclosure requires a court action, the filing of a lis pendens, and a court-ordered sale conducted by a master or court officer. The process involves formal notice and judicial oversight of lien priorities.
Governed by South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 71.
Property tax is calculated by multiplying the fair market value by an assessment ratio, then applying the local millage rate. The assessment ratio is 4% for owner-occupied legal residences and 6% for other real property. Exemptions exist for specific categories such as disabled veterans or homesteads for seniors.
SC Code Section 12-43-220; established via state constitutional and statutory authority.
≈ $13,960/yr on a $349,000 median
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.