Zip lookup · SC

29676
Salem, South Carolina.

Salem, Oconee County, SC · Seneca, SC metro · population 6,016

What it costs per month · 29676 $2,948/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,860 (+171%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $19,679 +4%
$541,922$561,601 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $142,258 +34%
$419,343$561,601 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.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 29676 $2,948 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 29676$2,948
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 29676 rose 3.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $561,601 as of Sep 2026
+3.6%year on year

Typical home value — 29676

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 29676 $561,601 Seneca $287,579 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 29676$561,601
  • Seneca$287,579
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.8 29686 Tamassee 989 — $330,561
7.3 29685 Sunset 1,964 — $1,369,144
9.4 29682 Six Mile 3,957 — $451,436
11.0 28774 Sapphire 1,451 — $656,503
11.3 29696 West Union 5,154 — $341,552
12.2 29691 Walhalla 12,084 — $228,150
12.2 28717 Cashiers 1,265 — $1,614,909
12.3 29664 Mountain Rest 1,553 — $257,152
12.7 29672 Seneca 12,750 $1,488 $561,054
13.6 29671 Pickens 18,666 — $280,400
15.2 28747 Lake Toxaway 2,021 — $673,368
15.8 28772 Rosman 1,375 — $316,849
16.3 29630 Central 15,982 $1,288 $300,086
16.4 29667 Norris 240 — $225,553
16.9 28741 Highlands 4,257 — $1,094,899
18.5 28736 Glenville 1,000 — $825,460
19.2 29657 Liberty 16,390 — $269,438
19.2 29631 Clemson 16,849 $1,338 $413,051
19.9 28712 Brevard 19,977 $1,998 $457,270

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