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The median home value in Lexington County, SC is $274,819 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.36% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$274,819
Year-over-Year
+1.36%
National Rank
#1151 of 3071
Lexington County ranks 17th out of 46 counties in SC by median home price, and is +17.3% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within SC, the typical county has a median home value of $215,534, making Lexington County +27.5% above the SC state median.
Households here earn a median of $77,408 a year against a typical home value of $274,819 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.6×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 47% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Lexington County recorded a violent crime rate of 447 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 2,695 per 100,000.
Based on 10 reporting cities covering 69,987 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Lexington County is $274,819. That's up 1.36% from a year earlier. That is about 17.3% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Lexington County the 17th most expensive of 46 counties in South Carolina.
Median household income here is $77,408, so a typical home costs about 3.6× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Lexington County recorded 447 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 69,987 residents across 10 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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