A typical Fripp Island home is worth roughly $671,000
Homes typically sell in 152 days, below asking.
What kind of housing town is Fripp Island?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 6.5 years of income
More than across South Carolina (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $246K short of a typical Fripp Island home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,640 a month here, $2,160 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fripp Island’s typical property tax (0.49% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
99% of Fripp Island households own their home
Half of Fripp Island’s homes were built before 1994.
South Carolina: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Home prices up 65% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Fripp Island rose 65% over the past 5 years, faster than across South Carolina (60%). Last year prices fell 12%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Fripp Island, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A buyer's market
More homes are for sale than are selling — about 7 months of supply. Buyers have room to negotiate.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,640
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Fripp Island buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.