Cost of living in Yemassee, South Carolina
Yemassee, South Carolina has about 1,178 people. Typical rent is $748 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $44,896 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.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $748 a month.
Yemassee is a town in South Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $44,896 a year.
- People
- 1,178
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $748
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $44,896
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $161,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,010
- Beaufort County, SC HUD Metro FMR Area
- Gas
- $4.035
- Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026
Yemassee, South Carolina has about 1,178 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $161,600.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Beaufort County is $2,010 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Yemassee. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC metro area, prices sit at 98.0 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 Yemassee'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 Yemassee'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, 203 have higher typical rent than Yemassee.
Nearby places
- Ridgeland
Typical rent $734
Compare with Yemassee - Laurel Bay
Typical rent $1,454
Compare with Yemassee - Beaufort
Typical rent $1,212
Compare with Yemassee - Varnville
Typical rent $800
Compare with Yemassee - Walterboro
Typical rent $965
Compare with Yemassee - Burton
Typical rent $1,229
Compare with Yemassee - Hampton
Typical rent $909
Compare with Yemassee - Shell Point
Typical rent $1,188
EBT nearby
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.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in South Carolina
Bigger places in South Carolina
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.