Bamberg, South Carolina.
Typical home $145,130 (-0.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$357 (+88%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $410 -0%
- $145,540$145,130 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $7,051 +5%
- $138,080$145,130 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.
- Bamberg$762
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 70 years.
Typical home values in Bamberg, SC fell 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bamberg, Bamberg County, South Carolina
Bamberg is a town of 3,076 people in Bamberg County. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Bamberg County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bamberg County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bamberg is a small South Carolina town where most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values sit at a modest level. Household incomes across Bamberg County are below the state's and the country's middle, and fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in many places. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot and rainy enough to keep the lawns green.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades and in shops. Among the largest workplaces in Bamberg are Bamberg County itself, Pruitthealth, which runs a skilled nursing facility, and Edisto Electric Cooperative, which distributes electric power. Unemployment across the county has eased over the past year, though job numbers have barely changed, and most people drive a fairly short way to work.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Rivers Bridge State Park and Barnwell State Park are protected areas a longer drive away, and Lake Brown is a lake in the same range. Anyone curious about the region's earliest history can visit Topper, an archaeological site that is also a longer drive from town.
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- 1,129households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 22 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Bamberg County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bamberg County had 3,560 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 71°. About 49 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bamberg weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bamberg
- Bamberg CountyExecutive and legislative office combinations124
- PruitthealthSkilled nursing facilities102
- Edisto Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power68
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 294 people in all. 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
- HailVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bamberg’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 Bamberg County.
Bamberg home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bamberg$145,130
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Bamberg listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Bamberg18.69%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bamberg21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bamberg4
Zip codes with a Bamberg address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bamberg — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.