Rents are 10% below what Taylors's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,369 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Taylors usually run 1% below trend in January and 0.9% above it in August, about $26 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in Taylors is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2019.
Rent in Taylors changed +1.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 54 South Carolina cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.1%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Taylors rose 41% while median household income rose 25.1% ($61,667 to $77,144). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Taylors is 43.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($77,144) is $1,929 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($1,630); a 4-bedroom is $1,950.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Taylors. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Taylors, SC is majority owner-occupied, 46.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Taylors, SC has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Taylors, SC paid around $1,018 a month. That figure now sits near $1,369, up 34.5% from the 2021 baseline. Census figures show median household income at $77,144 today, compared with $62,989 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Taylors, SC adding about 1,157 residents over the five-year window, up 5.0% on net. The renter share has risen from 23.7% to 25.9%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 38.2% to 46.8% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Taylors is $1,369/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,160/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,330/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,200/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,630/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($77,144/yr), Taylors ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.7% over the past year.
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