York, South Carolina.
Typical home $350,989 (-1.2% in a year). Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,028 (+126%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,135 -1%
- $355,124$350,989 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $57,869 +20%
- $293,120$350,989 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.
- York$1,842
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in York, SC fell 1.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in York, York County, South Carolina
York is a city of 8,503 people in York County. Half its households earn more than $56,176 a year and half less, against $89,095 across York County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in York County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. York is a small city in York County, South Carolina, with a younger population than many towns of its size. Household incomes here run well below the county's, and more residents live below the poverty line than is typical for the county as a whole. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical home is worth a good deal. Winters are mild by national standards but still cold enough for frost, and summers are hot. Rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in manufacturing, shops, and restaurants and hotels. Among the largest workplaces in York are York County Government, York 01 Schools and Cummins Meritor York, which makes brake parts for trucks and buses. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across much of the country, and commutes are on the long side, with only a small group working from home. Unemployment across York County has eased over the past year, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Crowders Mountain State Park is a protected area, and Lake Wylie is a lake, both a longer drive away. Carowinds, an amusement park, and Kings Mountain National Military Park, a historic battlefield site, are also a longer drive from town.
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- 3,418households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. York County had 106,236 jobs in 2025, 1.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 51° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 69°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the York Sse weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in York
- York County GovernmentGovernment base facilities operation support services1,350
- York 01 SchoolsSchool district868FTE
- Cummins Meritor YorkBrake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing462
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters306
- White Oak Manor York623110 nursing care facilities142
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter139
- Fomas USAHot-rolling purchased steel113
- Filtration GroupFilters, air-conditioner, manufacturing100
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,011 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
- TornadoesVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in York’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 York County and the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro.
York home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- York$350,989
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 York 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.
- York26.06%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- York193
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- York42
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- York$430,818
- United States$371,407
Zip codes with a York address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls York — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.