Groundwork

Real estate · County · South Carolina

Real estate businesses in Williamsburg County, SC

How Williamsburg County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #744 of 2,229 scored counties
#14 of 40 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
10
3 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$152.3M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,391 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
352
3.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.1
79% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,662
−4.0% since 2020

See the real estate businesses around any address in Williamsburg County

The site report maps the real estate businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Williamsburg County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Williamsburg County comes to about $152.3M a year: $12,391 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3.5 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.

Williamsburg County has 10 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 30%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Williamsburg County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,756 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 61 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Williamsburg County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Williamsburg County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #744 of 2,229 scored counties and #14 of 40 scored counties in South Carolina.

How Williamsburg County compares

The same measures for South Carolina and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.

Real estate in Williamsburg County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureWilliamsburg CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.142.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)35280100
Households per official establishment1,756363414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,391$14,791$16,661
Median household income$46,213$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score5635

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 7
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$224K
One-person businesses, 2023
61Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
103 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Williamsburg County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Williamsburg County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,662−4.0% since 2020
Households
12,291
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
934 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$46,213+42.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,459
Median home value
$104,500
Jobs located here
7,315
Daytime population
24,639Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Williamsburg County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the real estate businesses on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Williamsburg County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Real estate across South Carolina

Every South Carolina market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Williamsburg County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Saluda County, SC7767.8396+4.1%#65 of 2,229
2Abbeville County, SC7788.2388+2.3%#67 of 2,229
3Edgefield County, SC771515.4215+16.1%#73 of 2,229
4Laurens County, SC763011.1278+6.2%#88 of 2,229
5Newberry County, SC72149.1345+4.8%#156 of 2,229
6Chester County, SC691410.6283+2.2%#227 of 2,229
7Jasper County, SC691813.7239+32.2%#234 of 2,229
8Kershaw County, SC694617.1195+11.6%#242 of 2,229
9Chesterfield County, SC662413.7218+3.4%#343 of 2,229
10Cherokee County, SC652611.8255+3.7%#369 of 2,229
14Williamsburg County, SC56108.1352−4.0%#744 of 2,229

Other business types in Williamsburg County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Williamsburg County, SC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 real estate businesses in Williamsburg County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 61 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Williamsburg County, SC spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $152.3M a year, or $12,391 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.5 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,291 households in Williamsburg County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Williamsburg County, SC compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Williamsburg County has 8.1 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 352, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Williamsburg County would have about 35, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,756 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Williamsburg County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Williamsburg County at 29,662 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,291 households. Median household income in Williamsburg County is $46,213, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.3%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Williamsburg County scores 56 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #744 of 2,229 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Williamsburg County. It maps the real estate businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for real estate businesses · All 56 business types in Williamsburg County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Williamsburg County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Williamsburg County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.