ZIP 29456
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
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December. Asking rents in ZIP 29456 usually run 1% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in July, about $32 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 29456 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in March 2015.
Rent in ZIP 29456 changed +3.2% over the year to September 2026. Across the 101 South Carolina ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 29456 rose 41.4% while median household income rose 25.2% ($62,603 to $78,361). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 29456 is 38.5% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($78,361) is $1,959 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,780); a 3-bedroom is $2,210.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 29456. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 29456 (Ladson, SC) is majority owner-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, 24% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 29456 in Ladson, SC has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 29456 in Ladson, SC has shifted from $1,220 to $1,668, up 36.7% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $64,926 to $78,361 between 2021 and 2024, a 20.7% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 29456 in Ladson, SC adding about 8,977 residents over the five-year window, up 27.8% on net. The renter share has risen from 34.9% to 38.3%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 21.9% to 24% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 29456 in Ladson, SC reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 29456 covers Ladson, SC. The median rent here is $1,668/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,620/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,780/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($78,361/yr), ZIP 29456 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.1% over the past year.
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