A typical Newtown home is worth roughly $61,000
What kind of housing town is Newtown?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 1.4 years of income
Less than across South Carolina (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Newtown home, with $118K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $560 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Newtown’s typical property tax (0.45% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900
Renters already here pay a median of $978.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Dillon County, SC): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
72% of Newtown households own their home
Half of Newtown’s homes were built before 1978.
South Carolina: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Newtown vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Newtown. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | $61K* | — | $900 | — | $42,857 |
| Dillon | $121K | +1% | $900 | 10 | $35,891 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Newtown 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. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. 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.