Renting in Hodges? Here's What You Need to Know Before You Sign

Hodges Rental Market Overview

Hodges is a 0.78-square-mile town in Greenwood County, South Carolina, on U.S. Route 178 about 34 miles southeast of Anderson and a short drive from the city of Greenwood. As of October 2026, this guide's research could not identify a single named apartment or multi-family rental community operating inside town limits, and neither City-Data.com's 2024 Census American Community Survey estimate nor the separate ACS-based profile reflected on Census Reporter and DataUSA publishes a town-wide median gross rent figure for Hodges specifically. The town's only confirmed retail business is a Dollar General on US Highway 25 -- though, as covered below, it does not actually fall inside Hodges' own incorporated limits.

Common Lease Terms in Hodges

With no identified apartment community or leasing office to source a specific lease from, what follows is pieced together from housing-stock data, a direct jurisdiction check, and the town's own economic profile rather than a single property's own paperwork:

• City-Data.com's 2024 ACS-based estimate puts Hodges' median household income at $63,271 -- below South Carolina's statewide median household income of $72,350 -- while a separate ACS-based estimate reflected on DataUSA and Census Reporter puts the figure slightly lower, at $60,750, with a margin of error (±$15,714) typical of a town this small
• South Carolina's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (S.C. Code Title 27, Chapter 40) supplies the default lease terms -- notice periods, entry rules, deposit handling -- for any Hodges tenancy where the lease itself is silent
• Checked against the Census Bureau's public geocoder, Hodges Town Hall (4513 Main Street) resolves cleanly inside the incorporated Town of Hodges -- though, as discussed below, that clean result does not extend to every Hodges-addressed property
• City-Data.com's 2024 estimate puts the town's median home value at $164,459 and its poverty rate at 23.3% -- the home value well below South Carolina's statewide median house value of $299,500, and the poverty rate well above the state's figure

Local Tenant Protections

South Carolina law provides the baseline for tenant rights, but Hodges may have additional local ordinances that affect your lease.

• South Carolina law preempts local rent control statewide (S.C. Code §27-39-60) -- no South Carolina city or county, including Hodges, may enact an ordinance regulating the rent charged on privately owned residential property
• No zoning ordinance or business-license schedule for the Town of Hodges could be confirmed from the sources checked for this guide, including the town's own listing with the Municipal Association of South Carolina -- a gap found on many small South Carolina towns this guide has researched, though a specific requirement is still worth confirming directly with Town Hall
• Hodges' only confirmed retail business, a Dollar General on US Highway 25, carries a "Hodges, SC" mailing address but resolves to unincorporated Greenwood County land under the Census Bureau's public geocoder -- meaning the town's own zoning and business-license authority, limited as it is, may not even reach the one retail address most commonly associated with the town
• Hodges' population has stayed close to flat for a quarter-century (158 in 2000, 155 in 2010, 162 in 2020), and two more recent estimates disagree on whether that slight growth has continued -- a modest, possibly noise-level trend rather than the steeper decline this guide has found in many comparable small South Carolina towns

For full South Carolina statewide tenant rights, see our South Carolina tenant rights guide.

Mandatory Fees at Hodges Rentals

No fee schedule could be independently confirmed for a Hodges rental, since this guide could not identify any leasing office or managed rental community operating inside town, as of October 2026.

• Neither City-Data.com nor the ACS-based profile reflected on Census Reporter and DataUSA publishes a town-wide median gross rent figure, let alone a property-level application fee, pet fee, or deposit amount, for any specific Hodges property
• No zoning ordinance or business-license schedule for Hodges could be confirmed, so whether a rental-registration or business-license fee applies to a Hodges landlord could not be determined from the sources checked
• South Carolina law sets no statutory cap on application fees, pet fees, or administrative fees -- whatever a specific lease states is what governs

A town with no identified rental community isn't automatically a red flag -- but it does mean every fee, deposit amount, and lease term is worth confirming directly with the landlord, in writing, before signing anything.

A Greenwood County Crossroads Named for a War of 1812 Militia General, Tied to a Historic College Village Next Door

The U.S. Census Bureau's decennial counts show Hodges holding close to flat for a quarter-century: 158 residents in 2000, a slight dip to 155 by 2010, then a 4.5% increase to 162 by 2020. City-Data.com's 2024 current-year estimate puts the town at 165, consistent with that modest upward trend continuing -- but a separate Census Bureau American Community Survey-based profile, reflected on both Census Reporter and DataUSA, instead reports 193 residents, with a poverty-rate margin of error of ±33.6% on the same dataset signaling just how much statistical noise a town this size carries in survey-based estimates. Given the range between those two current figures, this guide treats Hodges' growth as real but modest at most, not the steeper confirmed increase a larger town's data would support. The town covers 0.78 square miles in Greenwood County, sits along U.S. Route 178, and is about 34 miles from Anderson and a short drive from the city of Greenwood.

The town's name honors Major General George Washington Hodges (1792-1876), who led South Carolina's militia, served in the War of 1812, and is buried in a pre-Civil War cemetery northeast of town. Hodges shares its ZIP code and Greenwood School District 50 schools (Hodges Elementary, Northside Middle, Greenwood High) with neighboring Cokesbury, home to the Masonic Female College and Cokesbury Conference School building -- together listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and named for Methodist Episcopal bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. Cokesbury's own population fell from 878 in 1850 to 212 by the 2020 Census, part of the same long rural decline this guide has documented across small Greenwood County communities. The two communities are closely linked in local memory and shared infrastructure -- the local volunteer fire department is named "Hodges-Cokesbury" -- but Cokesbury is in fact a separate, unincorporated community, not part of Hodges' own municipal limits, which this guide confirmed directly: Cokesbury College's own address (204 College Drive) returns no incorporated-place match at all under the Census Bureau's public geocoder, while Hodges Town Hall (4513 Main Street) resolves cleanly inside the actual incorporated town.

A specific finding from this guide's own research extends the same jurisdictional gap to the town's commercial side: Hodges' one confirmed retail business, a Dollar General at 4610 US Highway 25 North, carries a "Hodges, SC 29653" mailing address but itself returns no incorporated-place match under the Census Bureau's geocoder -- meaning it, too, sits on unincorporated Greenwood County land rather than inside the town whose name it carries. City-Data.com's 2024 employment-sector breakdown shows health care and social assistance (15.7%), construction (11.0%), and retail trade (11.0%) as Hodges' leading current employment categories, a workforce profile likely reflecting residents commuting to jobs in nearby Greenwood rather than employment generated inside the town's own small footprint, though that could not be confirmed directly.

Common Issues Renters Face in Hodges

These are the most frequent lease-related considerations identified for Hodges, based on the research for this guide:

• No apartment or multi-family rental community could be confirmed operating inside Hodges from the sources this guide checked, so a prospective renter should not assume the town has no housing options at all -- only that none could be independently verified
• The town's only confirmed retail business and its best-known nearby historic landmark both carry a "Hodges, SC" address but sit outside the town's own incorporated limits -- a specific address is worth confirming against the Census Bureau's free public geocoder before assuming Hodges town government, rather than unincorporated Greenwood County, actually governs a given parcel
• No zoning ordinance or business-license schedule for Hodges could be confirmed anywhere this guide checked, which is common among small South Carolina towns but still worth confirming directly with Town Hall before assuming no local rules apply
• Hodges' population has moved only slightly in either direction for a quarter-century, and two current estimates disagree on how much further a recent uptick has gone -- worth treating any specific "current population" figure for the town with some caution

Negotiating Your Lease in Hodges

South Carolina is landlord-favorable with minimal statutory protections, and Hodges' rental market has no identified apartment community or leasing office to benchmark a specific offer against.

• A full written lease, rather than a verbal or partial agreement, is especially worth requesting in a market like Hodges', where the counterparty is more likely an individual property owner than a company with a standard template already in place
• Comparing a specific quote against nearby Greenwood, Due West, or Donalds, all covered elsewhere on this site and all within or near Greenwood County, can help gauge whether a Hodges rent or fee fits regional norms
• Confirming a specific address's actual jurisdiction using the Census Bureau's free public geocoder is worth doing for any Hodges-area property -- this guide's own research found both the town's one retail business and its best-known nearby landmark resolve outside Hodges' own incorporated limits despite carrying a Hodges mailing address

A market with no identified rental community isn't automatically a red flag -- but with no comparison listing to check a quote against, confirming every fee, deposit amount, and lease term directly with the landlord, in writing, matters more here than in a market with visible competition.