Manning, South Carolina.
Typical home $216,960 (-1.8% in a year). Sumter, SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$453 (+66%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,961 -2%
- $220,921$216,960 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $18,448 -8%
- $235,408$216,960 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.
- Manning$1,139
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Manning, SC fell 1.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina
Manning is a city of 3,878 people in Clarendon County. Half its households earn more than $28,569 a year and half less, against $52,401 across Clarendon County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 54% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 46% are rented. Unemployment in Clarendon County was 5.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Clarendon 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Manning is a small city and the seat of Clarendon County in South Carolina. Household incomes here run well below the county's, and more homes are lived in by their owners than rented. Winters are mild and short, with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing and in the building trades. Among the largest workplaces in Manning are Clarendon 06 Schools, McLeod Health-Clarendon and the county government. A four-year degree is held by fewer adults than is typical, and a commute of a fair length is common.
Things to do. Lake Marion, a large reservoir, is a longer drive away, and the Santee River runs below it. Santee State Park, a protected area, is also a longer drive away and is a natural place for a day outdoors. History-minded visitors can head to the Santee Indian Mound and Fort Watson, an archaeological site, also a longer drive away.
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- 1,887households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Clarendon County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clarendon County had 6,700 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 71°. About 56 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Manning weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Manning
- Clarendon 06 SchoolsSchool district647FTE
- McLeod Health-ClarendonHospitals, general pediatric439
- Clarendon CountyExecutive and legislative office combinations370
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters301
- Clarendon County DSN BoardGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability198
- ManningMail and parcel delivery35
- Floco FoodsGrocery stores23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,366 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (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
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Manning’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 Clarendon County and the Sumter, SC metro.
Manning home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Manning$216,960
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Manning 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.
- Manning23.89%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Manning92
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Manning17
Zip codes with a Manning address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Manning — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.