HUD voucher rents by county and bedroom count, from the current Fair Market Rent and Small Area FMR release.
Source: HUD FY2026 Fair Market Rents and Small Area FMRs, effective 2025-10-01, retrieved 2026-10-09, with ZIP placement from the HUD-USPS ZIP Crosswalk 2021-Q4. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr.html
| Beaufort County | $1,582 | $1,657 | $1,816 | $2,177 | $2,720 | 19 |
| Berkeley County | $1,557 | $1,630 | $1,787 | $2,222 | $2,562 | 14 |
| Charleston County | $1,557 | $1,630 | $1,787 | $2,222 | $2,562 | 35 |
| Dorchester County | $1,557 | $1,630 | $1,787 | $2,222 | $2,562 | 11 |
| York County | $1,469 | $1,538 | $1,686 | $2,076 | $2,637 | 16 |
| Jasper County | $1,343 | $1,407 | $1,542 | $1,849 | $2,246 | 5 |
| Horry County | $1,145 | $1,229 | $1,465 | $1,805 | $2,111 | 21 |
| Greenville County | $1,166 | $1,221 | $1,339 | $1,612 | $1,943 | 33 |
| Pickens County | $1,166 | $1,221 | $1,339 | $1,612 | $1,943 | 13 |
| Calhoun County | $1,032 | $1,164 | $1,276 | $1,623 | $1,911 | 2 |
| Fairfield County | $1,032 | $1,164 | $1,276 | $1,623 | $1,911 | 5 |
| Lexington County | $1,032 | $1,164 | $1,276 | $1,623 | $1,911 | 16 |
| Richland County | $1,032 | $1,164 | $1,276 | $1,623 | $1,911 | 40 |
| Saluda County | $1,032 | $1,164 | $1,276 | $1,623 | $1,911 | 2 |
| Sumter County | $880 | $972 | $1,276 | $1,530 | $1,871 | 10 |
| Aiken County | $939 | $1,114 | $1,261 | $1,627 | $1,984 | 23 |
| Edgefield County | $939 | $1,114 | $1,261 | $1,627 | $1,984 | 4 |
| Georgetown County | $905 | $918 | $1,204 | $1,444 | $1,944 | 4 |
| Spartanburg County | $1,034 | $1,083 | $1,187 | $1,439 | $1,661 | 37 |
| Anderson County | $1,022 | $1,035 | $1,173 | $1,519 | $1,849 | 16 |
| Laurens County | $863 | $869 | $1,133 | $1,358 | $1,625 | 9 |
| Florence County | $948 | $953 | $1,117 | $1,434 | $1,588 | 14 |
| Darlington County | $850 | $856 | $1,098 | $1,317 | $1,499 | 7 |
| Chester County | $811 | $816 | $1,056 | $1,469 | $1,547 | 6 |
| Union County | $786 | $791 | $1,038 | $1,270 | $1,374 | 6 |
| Lancaster County | $881 | $922 | $1,011 | $1,382 | $1,696 | 6 |
| Kershaw County | $844 | $849 | $1,009 | $1,214 | $1,458 | 8 |
| Newberry County | $747 | $787 | $994 | $1,192 | $1,353 | 8 |
| McCormick County | $719 | $729 | $956 | $1,251 | $1,320 | 7 |
| Oconee County | $712 | $717 | $941 | $1,153 | $1,337 | 13 |
| Greenwood County | $703 | $757 | $934 | $1,135 | $1,275 | 9 |
| Barnwell County | $699 | $709 | $930 | $1,115 | $1,231 | 6 |
| Orangeburg County | $709 | $750 | $910 | $1,091 | $1,205 | 18 |
| Abbeville County | $678 | $725 | $902 | $1,220 | $1,225 | 5 |
| Allendale County | $678 | $823 | $902 | $1,216 | $1,246 | 5 |
| Bamberg County | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,183 | $1,194 | 4 |
| Cherokee County | $755 | $795 | $902 | $1,135 | $1,349 | 3 |
| Chesterfield County | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,169 | $1,293 | 8 |
| Clarendon County | $683 | $687 | $902 | $1,205 | $1,380 | 7 |
| Colleton County | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,081 | $1,470 | 11 |
| Dillon County | $758 | $762 | $902 | $1,235 | $1,513 | 7 |
| Hampton County | $678 | $720 | $902 | $1,200 | $1,411 | 11 |
| Lee County | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,111 | $1,194 | 4 |
| Marion County | $678 | $823 | $902 | $1,197 | $1,424 | 5 |
| Marlboro County | $685 | $687 | $902 | $1,082 | $1,482 | 6 |
| Williamsburg County | $678 | $687 | $902 | $1,183 | $1,310 | 7 |
HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $1,344. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).
The population-weighted FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent in South Carolina is $1,344.
The highest FY2026 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent row in South Carolina is $1,816 in Beaufort County.
HUD uses the Fair Market Rent to set the Housing Choice Voucher payment standard, the maximum monthly subsidy base for a bedroom count. The FY2026 2-bedroom rent on this page is $1,344. 24 CFR 982.503 sets the basic range from 90 percent to 110 percent of the applicable Fair Market Rent. In a metro on HUD's designated Small Area FMR list, that rent is the ZIP Small Area FMR. Elsewhere it is the metro or county Fair Market Rent (HUD Fair Market Rents, Small Area FMRs).