Zip lookup · SC

29036
Chapin, South Carolina.

Chapin, Lexington County, SC · Columbia, SC metro · population 26,620

What it costs per month · 29036 $2,306/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,301 (+129%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,847 +2%
$430,527$439,374 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $99,108 +29%
$340,267$439,374 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 29036 $2,306 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 29036$2,306
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 29036 rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: Lexington County, SC 73% · Richland County, SC 24% · Newberry County, SC 4%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Chapin, SC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $2,207 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $439,374 as of Sep 2026
+2.1%year on year

Asking rent — 29036

Against the Columbia, SC metro and the national benchmark.

$1,500 $1,750 $2,000 $2,250 2026 29036 $2,207 Columbia $1,557 United States $1,932
$1,500 $1,750 $2,000 $2,250 2026
  • 29036$2,207
  • Columbia$1,557
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 29036

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 29036 $439,374 Columbia $252,979 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 29036$439,374
  • Columbia$252,979
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.1 29075 Little Mountain 2,848 — $342,133
7.5 29063 Irmo 38,201 $1,753 $272,178
8.6 29212 Columbia 27,657 $1,616 $276,392
10.1 29072 Lexington 69,407 $1,724 $365,040
10.3 29127 Prosperity 9,920 — $366,395
11.4 29065 Jenkinsville 605 — $178,556
13.1 29054 Gilbert 11,174 $1,905 $329,575
13.8 29126 Pomaria 2,703 — $298,961
14.4 29210 Columbia 39,962 $1,161 $195,487
16.4 29070 Leesville 15,657 — $256,873
16.7 29169 West Columbia 21,647 $1,562 $226,676
17.1 29203 Columbia 40,653 $1,385 $131,030
17.3 29170 West Columbia 21,247 $1,423 $246,734
17.6 29073 Lexington 53,156 $1,850 $257,498
20.0 29108 Newberry 19,585 $1,283 $172,624

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.