Zip lookup · SC

29686
Tamassee, South Carolina.

Tamassee, Oconee County, SC · Seneca, SC metro · population 989

What it costs per month · 29686 $1,735/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,069 (+161%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $16,986 +5%
$313,576$330,561 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $86,889 +36%
$243,672$330,561 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 29686 $1,735 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 29686$1,735
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 29686 rose 5.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $330,561 as of Sep 2026
+5.4%year on year

Typical home value — 29686

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 29686 $330,561 Seneca $287,579 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 29686$330,561
  • Seneca$287,579
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.8 29676 Salem 6,016 — $561,601
7.9 29664 Mountain Rest 1,553 — $257,152
10.0 29691 Walhalla 12,084 — $228,150
10.2 28717 Cashiers 1,265 — $1,614,909
10.9 29696 West Union 5,154 — $341,552
11.5 28774 Sapphire 1,451 — $656,503
11.8 29685 Sunset 1,964 — $1,369,144
13.0 29682 Six Mile 3,957 — $451,436
13.3 28741 Highlands 4,257 — $1,094,899
13.6 29672 Seneca 12,750 $1,488 $561,054
16.5 30537 Dillard 1,406 — $411,562
16.9 28775 Scaly Mountain 674 — $470,975
16.9 28747 Lake Toxaway 2,021 — $673,368
17.5 28736 Glenville 1,000 — $825,460
17.8 30525 Clayton 7,059 $2,000 $360,917
18.4 29658 Long Creek 306 — $257,910
18.4 29671 Pickens 18,666 — $280,400
18.7 28772 Rosman 1,375 — $316,849
19.3 29630 Central 15,982 $1,288 $300,086
19.8 29693 Westminster 15,114 — $221,226
19.9 29667 Norris 240 — $225,553

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