What is the median rent in Litchfield Beach, SC?

Name: Median rent in Litchfield Beach, SC, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Litchfield Beach, SC is $1,704 (±$57) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 723 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,704 (±$57)
Rented homes: 723 (±210)
$2,000 or more: 7.7%

How much rent costs in Litchfield Beach

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Litchfield Beach	Georgetown County	South Carolina	United States
Less than $500	7.9% (±7.5 points)	11.1%	6.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±6.0 points)	26.8%	29.0%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	13.0% (±10.4 points)	26.8%	34.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	71.4% (±14.7 points)	28.0%	18.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	5.1% (±4.6 points)	5.0%	7.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±6.0 points)	1.0%	2.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	2.6% (±3.2 points)	1.2%	2.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 71.4% of renting households.

7.7% of rented homes in Litchfield Beach cost $2,000 or more a month.

Litchfield Beach against Georgetown County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Litchfield Beach	Georgetown County	South Carolina	United States
Median gross rent	$1,704 (±$57)	$1,204 (±$112)	$1,180 (±$9)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	723 (±210)	3,863 (±548)	544,268 (±5,517)	42,849,984

In Litchfield Beach, median gross rent is higher than in Georgetown County ($1,204).

It is also higher than in South Carolina ($1,180).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Georgetown County, Litchfield Beach ranks 2 of 4 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 16 of 334.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Litchfield Beach

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Litchfield Beach
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Litchfield Beach	—	$1,704 (±$57)	—
Murrells Inlet	6.6 mi	$1,751 (±$96)	Not measurably different
Garden City	10 mi	$1,472 (±$120)	Lower
Georgetown	12 mi	$780 (±$180)	Lower
Surfside Beach	12 mi	$1,274 (±$214)	Lower
Socastee	16 mi	$1,246 (±$101)	Lower
Forestbrook	19 mi	$814 (±$452)	Lower
Myrtle Beach	21 mi	$1,261 (±$77)	Lower
Red Hill	22 mi	$1,179 (±$167)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Garden City, SC ($1,472), Georgetown, SC ($780), Surfside Beach, SC ($1,274).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Georgetown County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Murrells Inlet	$1,751 (±$96)
2	Litchfield Beach	$1,704 (±$57)
3	Andrews	$1,043 (±$234)
4	Georgetown	$780 (±$180)

Litchfield Beach is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Litchfield Beach

What is the average rent in Litchfield Beach, SC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Litchfield Beach is $1,704 (±$57) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Litchfield Beach cost more than $2,000 a month?

7.7% of rented homes in Litchfield Beach have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 7.9% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Litchfield Beach higher than in Georgetown County?

In Litchfield Beach, median gross rent is higher than in Georgetown County ($1,204).

It is also higher than in South Carolina ($1,180).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Litchfield Beach CDP, South Carolina (place:41830, in state:45).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.