A typical Ninety Six home is worth about $173,000
Up 4.2% in a year, 44% below the South Carolina typical home.
Only 1 sale in March 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Ninety Six?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.1 years of income
Less than across South Carolina (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Ninety Six home, with $44K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170 a month here, $150 more than owning.
How Ninety Six ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ninety Six’s typical property tax (0.81% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 22.6% in five years
About the same pace as South Carolina (25%).
Show as a table
| January | Ninety Six | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $104,000 | $171,000 |
| 2018 | $102,000 | $180,000 |
| 2019 | $107,000 | $190,000 |
| 2020 | $120,000 | $201,000 |
| 2021 | $134,000 | $222,000 |
| 2022 | $144,000 | $260,000 |
| 2023 | $158,000 | $291,000 |
| 2024 | $162,000 | $301,000 |
| 2025 | $168,000 | $306,000 |
| 2026 | $168,000 | $305,000 |
| August 2026 | $173,000 | $306,000 |
A typical Ninety Six home worth $106K in September 2016 is worth about $173K today.
How Ninety Six ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170
Renters already here pay a median of $845, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Columbia, 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.
1 of Ninety Six’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Ninety Six’s homes were built before 1958.
South Carolina: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
On the market in Ninety Six
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Ninety Six buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, March 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.