ZIP Code 29803

ZIP code 29803, serving the Aiken area, sits comfortably in middle- to upper-middle-income territory. A median household income of $86,023 and per-capita income of $50,681 exceed statewide norms, while a median home value of $298,800 reflects steady owner-occupied housing. Property taxes here run at an effective county rate of 0.41%, so a home at that median value generates roughly $1,225 in annual levies. Sales taxes combine to 8.00%, a rate shoppers notice at the register. Together these figures describe a community with solid earning power, meaningful home equity, and a tax load weighted more toward consumption than property.