Barnwell County, SC: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Barnwell County, SC, South Carolina: 7 ZIP codes scored, Barnwell County, SC averaging 26/100 (low, Barnwell, SC), from 23 to 31. Barnwell County, SC is in its expansion phase (Barnwell, SC confidence 48/100): Barnwell, SC home prices up 6.4% (Barnwell, SC) over twelve months. Barnwell County, SC lender headwind: 34/100.

Highest-scoring Barnwell County, SC ZIPs: 29853 (31/100), 29836 (28/100), 29843 (27/100), 29849 (27/100), 29812 (23/100), 29817 (23/100). Also scored in Barnwell County, SC: 29826.

Across Barnwell County, SC's scored ZIPs: median home value $104,271, household income $43,087, 24.7% vacancy, 22.5% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 47.4.

Barnwell County, SC insurance distress 81/100 (#325 in the US); FEMA hazard 95/100 for Barnwell, SC; 10 federal disaster declarations in Barnwell County, SC since 2023 (2 hurricane); 1 Barnwell, SC NFIP flood claims, $18K paid; Barnwell, SC construction distress 36/100.

3 banks with 5 branches lend in Barnwell County, SC; Barnwell, SC weighted bank stress 51/100, highest 71/100 in Barnwell, SC.

Barnwell County, SC unemployment 5.6% (Barnwell, SC -1.0 pts, six months); 28 new housing units permitted in Barnwell County, SC over twelve months, Barnwell, SC up 33% from 21; Barnwell, SC home prices +8.4% a year (Barnwell, SC) over three years.

9,927 housing units in Barnwell County, SC; 2,349 Barnwell, SC renter households; 40% of Barnwell, SC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 22% (Barnwell, SC) half or more.

Barnwell County, SC ranks #21 nationally on the opportunity index (Barnwell, SC, among all ranked counties); Barnwell, SC scores 40.8/100 and Barnwell, SC sits #1 inside South Carolina. Barnwell, SC is in the strong_buy opportunity phase; Barnwell, SC's primary driver is vacancy, Barnwell, SC second driver bank institutional; Barnwell, SC moved up 2 places. 1 short-sale listings across Barnwell, SC; 111 days on market observed in Barnwell, SC; 19.7% vacancy over 7 Barnwell, SC ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Barnwell County, SC. The non-metro area reading for Barnwell, SC: 1.4% ninety-plus days late; Barnwell, SC's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 4.5% (Barnwell, SC, December 2025 data); South Carolina overall 1.2%.

Barnwell County, SC has 1 watched bank; 1 Barnwell, SC bank sits in an elevated band. Barnwell, SC footprints: Enterprise Bank Of Sc (3 branches, stress 42) in Barnwell, SC.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Barnwell County, SC with 32 units; 32 Barnwell, SC units are assisted, 2 Barnwell, SC properties under project-based Section 8.

1,811 of the 9,927 housing units in Barnwell, SC sit vacant. Barnwell County, SC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Barnwell, SC's one-to-four unit structures added 28 units in Barnwell County, SC.