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Cost of living in Rock Hill, South Carolina

Rock Hill, South Carolina has about 75,259 people. Typical rent is $1,341 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $68,771 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 #84 in South Carolina on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,341 a month.

Rock Hill is a city in South Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $68,771 a year.

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People
75,259
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,341
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$68,771
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$295,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,785
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area

Rock Hill, South Carolina has about 75,259 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $295,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in York County is $1,785 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Rock Hill. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, prices sit at 97.3 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 Rock Hill'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 Rock Hill's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for South Carolina in the table we use.

Among 246 places we list in South Carolina with a rent figure, 40 have higher typical rent than Rock Hill.

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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.

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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.