Allendale, South Carolina.
Typical home $66,911 (-2.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$131 (+60%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,574 -2%
- $68,485$66,911 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $4,818 -7%
- $71,728$66,911 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.
- Allendale$351
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Allendale, SC fell 2.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina
Allendale is a town of 2,694 people in Allendale County. Unemployment in Allendale County was 6.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Allendale County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Allendale is a very small town in South Carolina and the seat of Allendale County. Incomes across the county run well below the national picture, and homes here cost far less than in most of the country, so the cost of living is modest. Winters are mild and short, with the coldest weather in January, while summers are hot, and the year brings a fair amount of rain.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, transport and warehouses, and manufacturing also employing many. Across Allendale County, the largest workplaces include Allendale 01 Schools, Allendale County Hospital and Allendale West Fraser, a strandboard manufacturer. Unemployment is a little lower than a year ago but remains on the high side, and the county has lost a few jobs over the past year. Few people work from home, and a smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than in much of the country.
Things to do. The closest outing is Topper, an archaeological site only a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Rivers Bridge State Park, a protected area, and to Hampton Colored School, a museum. Lake Warren State Park is another protected area a longer drive off, for anyone wanting time outdoors.
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- 1,256households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 5%work from home
What people in Allendale County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Allendale County had 2,504 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 69°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Allendale Northwest weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Allendale County
- Collum's Lumber Products214
- Allendale 01 SchoolsSchool district186FTE
- Allendale West FraserStrandboard, oriented, manufacturing138
- Allendale County HospitalCritical access hospital119FTE
- University of South Carolina-SalkehatchieTwo-year college100
- EMD ElectronicsSodium silicate manufacturing60
- AtkoreTube, nonrigid plastics, manufacturing56
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 468 people in all across the county; Allendale has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Allendale’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Allendale County.
Allendale home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Allendale$66,911
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Allendale11
Zip codes with a Allendale address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Allendale — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.