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Median Home Price in Gaffney, SC

The median home value in Gaffney, SC is $191,447 as of 2026-07-31, down 3.42% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$191,447

Year-over-Year

-3.42%

Population

12,399

Gaffney ranks #48 of 60 South Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 35.4% below the state's city median of $296,397. It sits in Cherokee County, where the county-wide median is $191,977.

Housing affordability in Gaffney

Median household income in Gaffney is $41,089, so the typical home value is about 4.7× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Gaffney

Gaffney police recorded a violent crime rate of 226 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 4,178 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Gaffney

What is the average home price in Gaffney, SC?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Gaffney, that value is $191,447. That's down 3.42% from a year earlier. It is about 35.4% below the typical South Carolina city tracked here.

Is Gaffney expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Gaffney are cheaper than Cherokee County as a whole, where the median is $191,977 — a difference of about 0.3%.

Is Gaffney affordable?

Median household income here is $41,089, so the typical home value is about 4.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Gaffney a safe place to live?

Gaffney police reported 226 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,399. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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