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Cost of living in Gantt, South Carolina

Gantt, South Carolina has about 15,401 people. Typical rent is $1,062 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $47,316 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #72 in South Carolina on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,062 a month.

Gantt is a Census community, not a separate city government in South Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $47,316 a year.

People
15,401
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,062
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$47,316
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$184,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,507
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$4.035
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026

Gantt, South Carolina has about 15,401 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $184,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Greenville County is $1,507 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Gantt. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area, prices sit at 93.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

South Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Gantt's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical South Carolina home paid 15.47¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Gantt's bill.

EIA does not publish a South Carolina gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) all-grades price was $4.035 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,936.80 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in South Carolina shares this price.

Among 246 places we list in South Carolina with a rent figure, 102 have higher typical rent than Gantt.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.