A typical Swansea home is worth about $184,000
Up 5% in a year, 40% below the South Carolina typical home.
What kind of housing town is Swansea?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.2 years of income
Less than across South Carolina (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Swansea home, with $50K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170 a month here, $110 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Swansea’s typical property tax (0.65% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 12.4% in five years
Slower than South Carolina (25%).
Show as a table
| January | Swansea | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $106,000 | $171,000 |
| 2018 | $112,000 | $180,000 |
| 2019 | $123,000 | $190,000 |
| 2020 | $128,000 | $201,000 |
| 2021 | $151,000 | $222,000 |
| 2022 | $164,000 | $260,000 |
| 2023 | $177,000 | $291,000 |
| 2024 | $174,000 | $301,000 |
| 2025 | $184,000 | $306,000 |
| 2026 | $175,000 | $305,000 |
| August 2026 | $184,000 | $306,000 |
A typical Swansea home worth $108K in September 2016 is worth about $184K today.
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 $857, 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 Swansea’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Swansea’s homes were built before 1976.
South Carolina: 72% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Swansea vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Swansea. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea | $184K | +5% | $1,170 | — | $58,250 |
| Gaston | $158K | −0.9% | $1,170 | 10 | $60,000 |
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.
On the market in Swansea
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Swansea 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. 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.