ZIP 29609

29609 is one of 23 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Greenville County, SC.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 6 of the 21 with a value.

7 school locations in 29609: 4 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Cherrydale Elementary, League Academy, Sevier Middle, Stone Academy, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In June 2002 the typical home in 29609 was worth $127,089.

Values peaked at $359,125 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $359,125, +2.7% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $359,125. Put 20% down and borrow $287,300 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,989 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $64,837 a year, $5,403 a month. So the payment takes 36.8% of income — rated “severe” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 13.0% in 2002.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in June 2002 (6.65%) the payment was $653.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $826.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,848 — +124% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +41%.

Reported values rose +183% since June 2002.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +86% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2002 home was worth $236,439. So the real change is +52%, not +183%.

29609: +183% since June 2002.

Greenville County: +144% since June 2002.

South Carolina: +141% since June 2002 — 29609 ran ahead of it by 41 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $2,348 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,521 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 19.7. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 52 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 112% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 172.

Going out — closed sales: about 43 a month. That is 106% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 10% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 90% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 4.0 months of supply — inside the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 10 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 43 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 38 — so sales ran at 113% of it, and below it in 16 of the last 24 months.

Across Greenville County, builders pulled permits for 4,947 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 85% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Greenville County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 6,067 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 7,352 moved out.

Net across those counties: −1,285 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 172 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Spartanburg, SC (1,919 households); most departures went to Spartanburg, SC (2,809).

County assessor records list 8,456 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $299,825; the typical home value is $359,125.

The assessor average sits −16.5% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.