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Yemassee, SC Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Yemassee, SC Housing Market Trends

With 1,077 people, 432 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $177,158, house prices in Yemassee are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Yemassee, accounting for 65.54% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Yemassee include mobile homes or trailers ( 18.61%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.91%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.93%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Yemassee are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 56.71% owning and 43.29% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Yemassee built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Yemassee built between 2000 and later ( 26.93%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 11.68%). There's also some housing in Yemassee built before 1939 ( 2.38%).

Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Yemassee. Fully 14.46% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Yemassee homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Yemassee real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.

Yemassee Home Appreciation Rates

In the last 10 years, Yemassee has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Yemassee real estate appreciated 128.56% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.62%, putting Yemassee in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Yemassee definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.

Appreciation rates are so strong in Yemassee that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Yemassee real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Yemassee appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 10.71%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 90.15% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Yemassee. Yemassee appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 0.52%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 2.08%.

Notably, Yemassee's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.

Relative to South Carolina, our data show that Yemassee's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in South Carolina.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$177,158

Yemassee, SC Home Prices
> $1,588,000
$1,191,001 - $1,588,000
$794,001 - $1,191,000
$635,001 - $794,000
$477,001 - $635,000
$317,001 - $477,000
$159,001 - $317,000
$79,001 - $159,000
$0 - $79,000
2.8%
2.8%
0.2%
0.2%
4.2%
4.2%
0.1%
0.1%
1.3%
1.3%
2.9%
2.9%
45.6%
45.6%
17.7%
17.7%
25.3%
25.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Low

for South carolina

Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

432

Yemassee Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,568 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
56.7%
56.7%
43.3%
43.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
14.5%
14.5%
85.5%
85.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
26.9%
26.9%
59.0%
59.0%
11.7%
11.7%
2.4%
2.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
65.5%
65.5%
0.0%
0.0%
6.9%
6.9%
8.9%
8.9%
18.6%
18.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
1.4%
1.4%
4.4%
4.4%
29.9%
29.9%
45.0%
45.0%
17.2%
17.2%
2.2%
2.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Yemassee

Zip Codes in Yemassee, SC