Denmark, South Carolina.
Typical home $90,769 (-12.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$198 (+71%) since Mar 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $13,454 -13%
- $104,222$90,769 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $3,032 -3%
- $93,801$90,769 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.
- Denmark$476
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Denmark, SC fell 12.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Denmark, Bamberg County, South Carolina
Denmark is a city of 3,186 people in Bamberg County. 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Denmark is a small city in Bamberg County, South Carolina, home to a small population. Homes here cost far less than in most of the country, and household incomes across the county run below the national level. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with little or no snow and a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades and in shops. Across Bamberg County, the largest workplaces include Bamberg 03 Schools, Voorhees University and Denmark Technical College, with Specialty Washer Co. of South Carolina among the manufacturers. Unemployment across the county has eased over the past year, and the number of jobs has stayed close to flat. Few people work from home, and a four-year degree is less common among adults here than in many places.
Things to do. Barnwell State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and it is the nearest of the outdoor choices. Farther off, a longer drive away, are Rivers Bridge State Park, another protected area, and Lake Brown. Topper, an archaeological site, is also a longer drive away for anyone interested in the region's early history.
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- 829households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 3%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, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bamberg County
- Bamberg 03 SchoolsSchool district319FTE
- Voorhees UniversityUniversity or college199
- Specialty Washer Co. of South CarolinaBolts, metal, manufacturing145
- Denmark Technical CollegeTwo-year college132
- Bamberg CountyExecutive and legislative office combinations124
- Delavan SprayOil burners, heating, manufacturing104
- 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: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 657 people in all across the county; Denmark has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) 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
- HailVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Denmark’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.
Denmark home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Denmark$90,769
- 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.
- Denmark13
Zip codes with a Denmark address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Denmark — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.