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Welcome to the Apartment List June 2025 Rent Report for Columbia, SC. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,201, after rising 0.6% last month. Prices and are now up 1.7% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Columbia rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.
The median rent in Columbia rose by 0.6% over the course of May, and has now increased by a total of 1.7% over the past 12 months. Columbia’s rent growth over the past year has has outpaced both state (0.2%) and national (-0.5%) averages.
Five months into the year, rents in Columbia have risen 1.7%. This is a similar rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to May 2024 rents had increased 1.8%.
Apartment List is committed to the accuracy and transparency of our rent estimates. We begin with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, capturing apartment transactions over time to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country. Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. For more details, please see the Apartment List Rent Estimate Methodology.
Apartment List publishes monthly rent reports and underlying data for hundreds of cities across the nation, as well as data aggregated for counties, metros, and states. These data are intended to be a source of reliable information that help renters and policymakers make sound decisions. Insights from our data are covered regularly by journalists across the country. To access the data yourself, please visit our Data Downloads Page.
Welcome to the Apartment List June 2025 Rent Report for Columbia, SC. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,201, after rising 0.6% last month. Prices and are now up 1.7% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Columbia rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.
Apartment List has released Columbia’s results from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of 111 million American renters nationwide.
"Columbia renters expressed general satisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "However, ratings varied greatly across different categories, indicating that even though renters love Columbia, some aspects can be better."
Key findings in Columbia include the following:
Renters say:
For more information on the survey methodology and findings or to speak to one of our researchers, please contact our team at rentonomics@apartmentlist.com.
Columbia is a city full of southern hospitality, year-round southern heat, and charming southern scenery. Tree-lined streets and wrap-around porches await you in Columbia. It's a true southern culture, ripe for the pickin' and ready to rent.
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View Columbia City GuideColumbia is a city full of southern hospitality, year-round southern heat, and charming southern scenery. Tree-lined streets and wrap-around porches await you in Columbia. It's a true southern culture, ripe for the pickin' and ready to rent.
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The representation of ethnic minorities in Columbia is higher than the national average. The eight main ethnic groups that make up the population of Columbia are White (45.4%), Black Or African American (41.7%), Hispanic Or Latino (5.1%), Two Or More (3.6%), Asian (3.4%), Other (0.4%), American Indian Or Alaska Native (0.2%), and Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander (0.1%).
The representation of ethnic minorities in Columbia is higher than the national average. The eight main ethnic groups that make up the population of Columbia are White (45.4%), Black Or African American (41.7%), Hispanic Or Latino (5.1%), Two Or More (3.6%), Asian (3.4%), Other (0.4%), American Indian Or Alaska Native (0.2%), and Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander (0.1%).
Apartment List has released the results for Columbia from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters nationwide, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of the country’s 111 million renters.
