Best In South Carolina Real Estate™: Columbia

Red Bank leads South Carolina in manufactured housing with 17.0% of homes in this category — the highest share in both the Midlands metro and the state, according to ALEX Intelligence’s 2024 data. What does this reveal about the future of affordable housing in the Midlands? This isn’t a niche trend — it’s a structural adaptation to growth, affordability, and demographic change. How can other communities in the Midlands replicate this model without compromising quality or equity? The answer may lie not in banning manufactured housing, but in designing for it. For context, see the full report: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-18-columbia-sc-manufactured-share-place-mkt Share of Homes That Are Manufactured, top 10 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Census Bureau 2024) #1 Red Bank — 17.0% #2 Oak Grove — 14.7% #3 White Knoll — 12.1% #4 Lugoff — 9.9% #5 West Columbia — 5.2% #6 Lexington — 2.9% #7 Woodfield — 2.7% #8 Dentsville — 2.4% #9 Seven Oaks — 2.2% #10 St. Andrews — 1.3% Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: Fee Fi Foe Fum (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=52535674; Slide 2: Abductive (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=10016823; Slide 3: Ralph Hightower (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=35695949; Slide 4: w_lemay (CC BY-SA 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=142524940 Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-18-columbia-sc-manufactured-share-place-mkt View and join any or all of our communities — AI, quantum, and real estate: https://alex-companies.com/reports/linkedin-groups If there's an AI, quantum, or real estate community you'd like to see us convene, tell us — this portfolio grows by request. Real Estate Strategy & Intelligence Leader. Democratized Blue Ocean Strategist & Operator. Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al. Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB [email protected] · +1 713.591.9902