Best In South Carolina Real Estate™: Upstate

Greenville leads South Carolina in housing affordability disparity—its top-to-median gap is 1.8x, the highest in the Upstate. This isn’t just a price issue; it’s a distributional crisis. The data comes from ALEX Intelligence’s new report: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-31-upstate-sc-spread-value-to-income-place. How does this gap affect your community? What would it take to close it? Let’s discuss. Top-to-Median Affordability Gap, top 10 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Census Bureau 2024) #1 Greenville — 6.8x #2 Travelers Rest — 5.2x #3 Sans Souci — 5.0x #4 Anderson — 4.6x #5 Seneca — 4.6x #6 Valley Falls — 4.6x #7 Wade Hampton — 4.4x #8 Central — 4.3x #9 Berea — 4.1x #10 Powdersville — 3.9x Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: olekinderhook (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=54815859; Slide 2: SC National Guard (Public domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=67264950; Slide 3: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=121585292; Slide 4: Upstateherd (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=112193429 Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-31-upstate-sc-spread-value-to-income-place 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