FISCAL YEAR 2008
FINAL FAIR MARKET RENTS
FOR EXISTING HOUSING

The following tables represent the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for the state of South Carolina in selected Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Statistical Areas. Larger tables have been broken into screen-sized chunks to allow easy header viewing. These statistics were taken from Schedule B of the Federal document Proposed Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2008 for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program. The following abbreviations will be used:

 

FMR=Fair Market Rent
0 BR=Efficiency Apartment
1 BR=One Bedroom Apartment
2 BR=Two Bedroom Apartment/Duplex
3 BR=Three Bedroom Duplex/House
4 BR=Four Bedroom House
MSA=Metropolitan Statistical Area
PMSA=Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area

 

South Carolina

 

METROPOLITAN FMR AREAS LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Anderson, SC MSA $7.85 $10.19 408 530 602 762 784
Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA $12.63 $14.00 657 728 823 1072 1248
* Columbia, SC HUD Metro FMR Area $10.96 $11.94 570 621 692 855 882
* Darlington County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area $6.77 $8.69 352 452 543 652 703
* Florence, SC HUD Metro FMR Area $8.10 $9.10 421 473 548 658 825
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA $10.33 $11.21 537 583 649 857 881
* Kershaw County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area $7.04 $8.85 366 460 566 711 826
* Laurens County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area $9.27 $10.08 482 524 580 733 856
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC MSA $11.60 $12.75 603 663 774 925 1121
Spartanburg, SC MSA $10.04 $10.38 522 540 631 794 817
Sumter, SC MSA $9.00 $9.77 468 508 563 723 766



 

NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES LIVING WAGE ($/hour) FAIR MARKET RENT ($/month)
0 BR 1 BR 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Abbeville County, SC $6.77 $9.40 352 489 543 659 679
Allendale County, SC $8.69 $9.40 452 489 543 674 872
Bamberg County, SC $8.67 $8.69 451 452 543 724 746
Barnwell County, SC $8.65 $9.10 450 473 543 654 845
Beaufort County, SC $12.29 $14.77 639 768 869 1059 1125
Cherokee County, SC $8.56 $8.58 445 446 544 651 691
Chester County, SC $8.94 $8.96 465 466 559 668 710
Chesterfield County, SC $7.38 $9.19 384 478 543 649 953
Clarendon County, SC $9.08 $9.10 472 473 568 680 775
Colleton County, SC $6.77 $8.44 352 439 543 768 788
Dillon County, SC $8.67 $8.83 451 459 543 679 746
Georgetown County, SC $10.21 $10.23 531 532 641 830 1003
Greenwood County, SC $9.19 $9.60 478 499 574 833 859
Hampton County, SC $8.67 $8.83 451 459 543 670 760
Jasper County, SC $9.60 $10.40 499 541 603 719 816
Lancaster County, SC $7.08 $8.92 368 464 543 747 822
Lee County, SC $7.13 $8.73 371 454 543 668 836
Marion County, SC $8.63 $8.65 449 450 543 659 677
Marlboro County, SC $8.67 $8.69 451 452 543 685 812
McCormick County, SC $8.75 $9.17 455 477 548 758 783
Newberry County, SC $8.63 $9.40 449 489 543 690 850
Oconee County, SC $6.85 $8.02 356 417 547 678 963
Orangeburg County, SC $8.67 $9.40 451 489 543 674 836
Union County, SC $8.67 $8.69 451 452 543 750 842
Williamsburg County, SC $9.08 $9.10 472 473 568 680 775



 

Note: The FMRs for unit sizes larger than 4 BRs are calculated by adding 15% to the 4 BR FMR for each extra bedroom.      12110
* 50TH percentile FMRs are indicated by an * before the HUD Metro FMR name.

 

 

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