Cheraw, SC Real Estate Market
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
- Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
- Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
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Cheraw, SC Housing Market Trends
With 4,985 people, 2,146 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $185,731, house prices in Cheraw are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Cheraw, accounting for 70.08% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Cheraw include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.50%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.19%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 8.23%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Cheraw are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 46.33% owning and 53.67% renting.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Cheraw's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 47.14% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Cheraw include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 32.93%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 15.04%). There's also some housing in Cheraw built between 2000 and later ( 4.89%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Cheraw. Fully 19.32% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Cheraw homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Cheraw real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Cheraw Home Appreciation Rates
Real estate appreciation rates in Cheraw's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.96% during the period.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Cheraw's appreciation rate, at 6.65%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Cheraw's appreciation rate has been 0.52%, which annualizes to a rate of 2.08%.
Notably, Cheraw's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to South Carolina, our data show that Cheraw's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in South Carolina.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Cheraw differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Cheraw - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Cheraw real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
Median Home Value
$185,731
Average
for South carolina
Low
for nation
Number of Homes And Apartments:
2,146
SC
America
2024 Q1 - 2024 Q2
2023 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2022 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2019 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2014 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2000 Q1 - 2024 Q2
Average Market Rent:
$1,681 / per month