ZIP Code 29206

In ZIP code 29206, near Columbia, households earn a median of $91,847, while per-capita income reaches $60,637. A median home value of $369,500 taxed at the county's 0.67 percent effective rate works out to roughly $2,476 a year in property taxes. Add the 8.00 percent combined sales tax on purchases, and daily spending carries a bit more weight. Yet the earnings here comfortably outpace both figures, so housing costs and consumption taxes take up a smaller share of income than they would in many places. That gap between what families bring in and what they owe shapes a fairly flexible household budget.