ZIP Code 29805

In ZIP code 29805, near Aiken, homes carry a median value of $191,900 while households earn a median of $56,185 and per-capita income reaches $28,735. The county's effective property tax rate of 0.41% works out to roughly $787 a year on a home at that median value — a figure that stays contained against local earnings. Sales taxes, though, add 8.00% to purchases, a cost residents absorb regardless of whether they own or rent. Buying here keeps annual property taxes well below what many homeowners elsewhere pay on comparable housing.