Last updated: October 2026

South Carolina humidity, termites, and coastal hurricane rain are the siding stressors — wood materials need especially regular inspection. Across the 23 South Carolina cities we track, an average of 43.7% of homes were built before 1980 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024) with average annual rainfall of 45.3 in/yr (NOAA 1991–2020 normals).

City-by-city guides

• Siding in Aiken, SC — pop. 32,521
• Siding in Anderson, SC — pop. 30,051
• Siding in Cayce, SC — pop. 13,741
• Siding in Clemson, SC — pop. 18,072
• Siding in Columbia, SC — pop. 139,643
• Siding in Easley, SC — pop. 24,841
• Siding in Fort Mill, SC — pop. 30,775
• Siding in Gaffney, SC — pop. 12,596
• Siding in Greenville, SC — pop. 72,935
• Siding in Greenwood, SC — pop. 22,536
• Siding in Greer, SC — pop. 41,536
• Siding in Irmo, SC — pop. 11,813
• Siding in Lexington, SC — pop. 24,585
• Siding in Mauldin, SC — pop. 27,055
• Siding in Newberry, SC — pop. 10,790
• Siding in North Augusta, SC — pop. 25,653
• Siding in Orangeburg, SC — pop. 13,253
• Siding in Rock Hill, SC — pop. 75,259
• Siding in Simpsonville, SC — pop. 26,144
• Siding in Spartanburg, SC — pop. 38,910
• Siding in Sumter, SC — pop. 43,053
• Siding in Taylors, SC — pop. 24,505
• Siding in West Columbia, SC — pop. 17,963

How to use these guides

Each city page pairs siding how-it-works guidance — warning signs, the inspection process, materials, repair vs. replace — with that city's real housing-age and rainfall data, so you can see which pattern dominates locally. When you talk to contractors, ask how their plan accounts for the local weather, and whether they probed for rot before quoting a scope.