Taxes & Insurance in Blythewood
Blythewood's tax picture combines a consistently sourced 8.00% combined sales tax with South Carolina's statewide two-bracket income tax and roughly 0.51% average effective property tax rate -- plus a genuinely low, disclosed flood-risk profile.
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Learn moreA consistently sourced, real sales tax rate
Blythewood's minimum combined sales tax rate for 2026 is 8.00% (6% South Carolina state rate + 1% Richland County + 1% special district) -- sources agreed consistently on this figure.
South Carolina's real, current two-bracket income tax
Act 110 (signed March 30, 2026) set two brackets for tax years after 2025: 1.99% on the first $30,000 of taxable income, 5.21% above that. Social Security income is fully exempt, and the age-65 and retirement-income deductions are coordinated (not additive), capped at $15,000 combined -- restated here as place-level context.
A low statewide property tax rate applies here as elsewhere
South Carolina's statewide average effective property tax rate is roughly 0.51%, restated from south-carolina.js as place-level context.
A genuinely low, disclosed flood-risk profile relative to river-adjacent markets
First Street Foundation data cites Blythewood's own flood risk as genuinely minor -- roughly 1.9% of properties at risk of flooding over the next 30 years -- a real, more favorable finding than the river-adjacent markets (West Columbia, Camden) elsewhere in this batch, worth factoring into any flood-insurance cost comparison.
Key takeaways
- Combined sales tax is a consistently sourced 8.00%.
- South Carolina's Act 110 two-bracket income tax (1.99% under $30,000 taxable income, 5.21% above) applies statewide, with Social Security fully exempt and a coordinated, $15,000-capped age-65/retirement-income deduction.
- South Carolina's roughly 0.51% statewide average effective property tax rate is a genuine, low-tax advantage.
- Blythewood's own flood risk reads as genuinely low (roughly 1.9% of properties at risk over 30 years per First Street Foundation), more favorable than river-adjacent markets elsewhere in this batch.
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