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

Georgetown County, SC, South Carolina: 5 ZIP codes scored, Georgetown County, SC averaging 31/100 (moderate, Georgetown, SC), from 28 to 36. Georgetown County, SC is in its peak phase (Georgetown, SC confidence 22/100): Georgetown, SC home prices up 3.8% (Georgetown, SC) over twelve months. Georgetown County, SC lender headwind: 50/100.

Highest-scoring Georgetown County, SC ZIPs: 29576 (36/100), 29440 (32/100), 29585 (32/100), 29554 (29/100), 29510 (28/100).

Across Georgetown County, SC's scored ZIPs: median home value $250,160, household income $63,843, 25.1% vacancy, 17.2% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 50.7.

Georgetown County, SC insurance distress 88/100 (#138 in the US); FEMA hazard 90/100 for Georgetown, SC; 8 federal disaster declarations in Georgetown County, SC since 2023; 11 Georgetown, SC NFIP flood claims, $539K paid; Georgetown, SC construction distress 34/100.

13 banks with 25 branches lend in Georgetown County, SC; Georgetown, SC weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 74/100 in Georgetown, SC.

Georgetown County, SC unemployment 5.0% (Georgetown, SC -1.7 pts, six months); 423 new housing units permitted in Georgetown County, SC over twelve months, Georgetown, SC up 21% from 350; Georgetown, SC home prices +13.2% a year (Georgetown, SC) over three years.

37,173 housing units in Georgetown County, SC; 4,494 Georgetown, SC renter households; 41% of Georgetown, SC renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Georgetown, SC) half or more.

Georgetown County, SC ranks #350 nationally on the opportunity index (Georgetown, SC, among all ranked counties); Georgetown, SC scores 34.2/100 and Georgetown, SC sits #14 inside South Carolina. Georgetown, SC is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Georgetown, SC's primary driver is vacancy, Georgetown, SC second driver bank institutional; Georgetown, SC moved up 18 places. 6 short-sale listings across Georgetown, SC; 107 days on market observed in Georgetown, SC; 27.0% vacancy over 5 Georgetown, SC ZIPs.

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

Georgetown County, SC has 5 watched banks; 5 Georgetown, SC banks sit in an elevated band. Georgetown, SC footprints: Citizens Bank (4 branches, stress 63) in Georgetown, SC; South Atlantic Bank (2 branches, stress 74) in Georgetown, SC; Conway National Bank (2 branches, stress 63) in Georgetown, SC.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Georgetown County, SC with 336 units; 94 Georgetown, SC units are assisted, 2 Georgetown, SC properties under project-based Section 8.

10,044 of the 37,173 housing units in Georgetown, SC sit vacant. Georgetown County, SC permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Georgetown, SC's one-to-four unit structures added 423 units in Georgetown County, SC.