Graniteville, South Carolina.
Typical home $281,363 (+3.4% in a year), asking rent $2,014 . Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$792 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,241 +3%
- $272,122$281,363 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $56,645 +25%
- $224,718$281,363 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.
- Graniteville$1,477
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Graniteville, SC rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Graniteville, Aiken County, South Carolina
Graniteville, in Aiken County, had 2,439 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Aiken County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Aiken County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Graniteville is a small community in Aiken County, South Carolina, with a population that is small enough for neighbors to know one another. Homes here are priced and rented at levels that sit below what many buyers find elsewhere, though the typical rent is on the higher side for a place this size. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and the typical trip to work is short. Winters are mild and cool, while July brings hot days.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in professional and business services, and in shops. Among the largest workplaces in Graniteville are Bondcote Performance Textiles, which makes vinyl coated fabrics, and Jones Sweeting Automotive, a car dealer. Compass Group is also among the town's biggest employers. A small share of people work from home, and unemployment across Aiken County has eased compared with a year earlier.
Things to do. The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum is a short drive away and tells the story of the area's horse racing tradition. A longer drive brings you to Aiken State Park, a protected area for walking and being outdoors, and to Lake Strom Thurmond, a large reservoir. The Morris Museum of Art, also a longer drive away, is a museum for a quiet afternoon.
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- 773households
- 10%of adults have a degree
- 18 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Aiken County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Aiken County had 66,800 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 68°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Graniteville Northeast weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Graniteville
- Compass Group120
- Bondcote Performance TextilesVinyl coated fabrics manufacturing70
- Jones Sweeting AutomotiveAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used31
- GranitevilleMail and parcel delivery25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 246 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
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Graniteville’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Aiken County and the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
Graniteville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Graniteville$281,363
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Graniteville listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Graniteville29.00%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Graniteville88
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Graniteville20
Zip codes with a Graniteville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Graniteville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.