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Housing in Mulberry

A typical Mulberry home is worth roughly $149,000

Home prices around Mulberry have risen about 86% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$149K
▲ 13.9% in a year · SC $259K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,230
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,081
SC $1,251
What stands out

What stands out about housing in Mulberry

Price trend

Home prices up 86% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Mulberry rose 86% over the past 5 years, faster than across South Carolina (60%). Last year prices rose 14%.

Mulberry areaSouth Carolina
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+14%
past year
+86%
past 5 years
+118%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Mulberry, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Mulberry

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$285,000
Typical Mulberry home $149K

That covers a typical Mulberry home, with $137K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$840
Loan $740Tax $60Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $390 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the South Carolina typical property tax (0.48% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850
1 bedroom$940
2 bedrooms$1,230
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,810
23%
of households rent · SC 28%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Sumter, SC MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

77% of Mulberry households own their home

Half of Mulberry’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

South Carolina: 72% own.

1976
typical home built · SC 1992
$1,081
median property tax bill · SC $1,251

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Mulberry vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Mulberry. Tap one to see its housing page.

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TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Mulberry$149K*+13.9%†$1,230—
Sumter$208K+1.6%$1,360$55,592

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. 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.

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