What is the average rent in Lake View, SC?

No confirmed open-market rent exists. Research for this guide, checked September 2026, identified two subsidized rental communities carrying a Lake View mailing address: Lakeview Apartments (109 E 1st Ave), a USDA Section 515/521 and LIHTC property confirmed inside town limits, and Lake View Green (addressed as either 702 Scott St or 1609 Scott St depending on the aggregator), a similarly subsidized property. Neither publishes a rent figure -- both list contact information for prospective tenants to call directly. A Census-based ACS estimate, as presented by City-Data.com, puts Lake View's median gross rent at $790 a month, but that figure is a statistical model built from the town's existing housing stock, not a published asking rent from either identified property.

Has Lake View's population been growing or shrinking?

Shrinking overall, though the town saw a brief uptick before its most recent decline. The U.S. Census Bureau's decennial count shows Lake View growing steadily from 157 residents in 1910 to a peak of 949 in 1970, then drifting down to 872 by 1990 and 789 by 2000, before an unusual rebound to 807 in 2010 and a renewed drop to 764 in 2020, a 5.3% decline. Single-year ACS estimates for the current period disagree with each other: City-Data.com's presentation of 2024 ACS data shows 759 residents, while DataUSA's presentation of the same ACS program shows 679 -- an 80-person spread that illustrates how wide the margin of error runs for a town this size.

Does a "Lake View, SC" rental address reliably mean it sits inside town limits?

Not automatically. Checking the two subsidized communities identified for this guide against the U.S. Census Bureau's public geocoder produced two different answers. Lakeview Apartments (109 E 1st Ave) resolves cleanly inside the incorporated Town of Lake View. Lake View Green, listed by one aggregator at 1609 Scott St, geocodes successfully but returns no match against the Bureau's Incorporated Places layer at all -- meaning that address sits on unincorporated Dillon County land, not inside Lake View, despite carrying a Lake View mailing address. A second aggregator lists the same property at 702 Scott St, an address that does not geocode at all, pointing to a data-quality problem on top of the jurisdiction question. The same pattern shows up locally with Lake View Motor Speedway, a well-known area landmark carrying a Nichols, SC mailing address that also returns no match inside any incorporated place -- confirming that in this part of Dillon County, a mailing address is not a reliable stand-in for which government actually has jurisdiction over a specific parcel.

Does Lake View have a municipal code or rental-registration ordinance?

Only partially, and with less published detail than some other small Dillon County-area towns. The Town of Lake View's own website (townoflakeviewsc.org) lists a Business License Application and a Building Permit Application among its downloadable forms, so a licensing and permitting process does exist. But the site's own Policies/Ordinances/Laws page publishes only a Parks & Recreation Ordinance (effective July 1, 2024) and FOIA-related documents -- no fee schedule, no zoning ordinance, and no rental-registration or landlord-licensing provision. No fuller code of ordinances could be located on Municode, eCode360, or American Legal as of September 2026 either. Absent a locatable rental-specific ordinance, South Carolina's statewide Residential Landlord and Tenant Act is the only confirmed baseline for rentals in Lake View.

What is Lake View, SC known for?

A 234-year-old millpond, a linebacker who went on to the NFL, and a well-known dirt racetrack that turns out to sit outside town. Lake View traces to 1792, when Major William Ford dammed Bear Swamp to build a gristmill and cotton gin, founding a settlement called Ford's Mill; the town was renamed Page's Mill after Joseph Nichols Page took over in 1870, incorporated under that name in 1907, and renamed Lake View by a 1916 resident vote. Page's Mill Pond, a 295-acre millpond roughly 60% covered by cypress-swamp water, remains a local landmark, with the current millhouse -- the third to stand on the site -- built in 1934. Linebacker Darius Leonard, born in neighboring Nichols, SC and a two-time first-team All-Pro with the Indianapolis Colts, played his high school football at Lake View High School. Lake View Motor Speedway, a 4/10-mile dirt oval founded in 1979 that has drawn regional racing crowds for decades, carries a Nichols mailing address and, per this guide's Census Bureau geocoder check, sits on unincorporated Dillon County land rather than inside either town. This guide found no evidence of a Lake View Tobacco Festival: the town's own published events are a Harvest Festival with Trunk-or-Treat and a Christmas on the Boulevard celebration, not a tobacco-themed festival.

Does South Carolina or Lake View have rent control?

No. South Carolina law preempts local rent control statewide (S.C. Code §27-39-60): no city or county, including Lake View, may enact an ordinance regulating the rent charged on privately owned residential property. South Carolina's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets the baseline tenant protections that apply in Lake View instead.

Renting in Lake View, SC: Lease Guide & Tenant Rights

Lake View Rental Market Overview

Lake View sits in southeastern Dillon County, about 2 miles from the North Carolina state line and 13 miles southeast of the county seat of Dillon, along South Carolina Highway 9. As of September 2026, this guide's research identified two rental communities carrying a Lake View mailing address, both structured as federally subsidized housing rather than open-market rentals: Lakeview Apartments (109 E 1st Ave) and Lake View Green (listed variously at 702 Scott St or 1609 Scott St, depending on the aggregator). Checking each against the U.S. Census Bureau's public geocoder produced two different jurisdiction results. Lakeview Apartments resolves cleanly inside the incorporated Town of Lake View. Lake View Green's 1609 Scott St address geocodes successfully but matches no incorporated place at all -- meaning it sits on unincorporated Dillon County land, outside Lake View's actual town limits, despite the shared mailing address; its alternate listed address, 702 Scott St, does not geocode at all. No open-market apartment complex or leasing office was identified inside town.

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Common Lease Terms in Lake View

With no open-market rental community identified and both known communities operating under federal housing program rules, "common lease terms" here means program terms rather than negotiated market terms:

Lakeview Apartments operates under a mix of USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing financing with Section 521 project-based rental assistance and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) units, per its own program listing -- rent-assisted units target up to 50% of area median income, while LIHTC units run up to 60% AMI
Lakeview Apartments accepts Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and is managed by Partnership Property Management, based in Greensboro, NC; its own listing directs prospective tenants to call for current rents rather than publishing a rate
Lake View Green is likewise listed as subsidized with vouchers accepted, but this guide could not independently verify its program structure or a rent figure, and its own address is inconsistently reported between aggregators
No second confirmed in-town rental community, subsidized or market-rate, could be located through national rental aggregators or affordable-housing directories as of September 2026

Local Tenant Protections

South Carolina law provides the baseline for tenant rights, but Lake View 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 Lake View, may enact an ordinance regulating the rent charged on privately owned residential property
The Town of Lake View's own website (townoflakeviewsc.org) lists a Business License Application and a Building Permit Application among its downloadable forms, so a licensing and permitting process does exist -- but its Policies/Ordinances/Laws page publishes only a Parks & Recreation Ordinance (effective July 1, 2024) and FOIA documents, with no published fee schedule, zoning ordinance, or rental-registration provision, and no fuller code was located on Municode, eCode360, or American Legal as of September 2026
Town Hall (201 N Main St, Lake View, SC 29563) and Lakeview Apartments (109 E 1st Ave), the one rental community this guide confirmed inside town, both resolve cleanly inside the incorporated Town of Lake View via the Census Bureau's public geocoder
Lake View Green, the second identified community, does not share that clean result -- its Scott St address either fails to geocode or resolves outside any incorporated place -- a reminder that a Lake View mailing address alone doesn't establish which government actually has jurisdiction over a specific rental parcel here

South Carolina statewide baseline

Security deposit cap: No cap
Deposit return: 30 days
Landlord entry notice: 24 hours
Rent regulation: None statewide

Statutory basis: S.C. Code §27-40-410/-530. Figures verified June 2026 against the primary statute. Statutes change — a lawyer in South Carolina can confirm what applies to a specific tenancy.

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

Mandatory Fees at Lake View Communities

What follows is what could be confirmed as of September 2026 -- and what couldn't.

No application fee, pet fee, deposit amount, or administrative charge is published for Lakeview Apartments or Lake View Green, the two rental communities identified with a Lake View mailing address.
South Carolina law sets no statutory cap on application fees, pet fees, or administrative fees. Whatever a specific lease states is what governs, and for USDA Section 515/521 or LIHTC housing specifically, federal and tax-credit program rules (not just the lease) can also limit what a landlord may charge.

A community with no published fee schedule online isn't unusual for federally subsidized rural housing specifically -- but confirming the current income limit, waitlist status for the specific unit type sought, the property's actual address, and any fees directly with the property, in writing, before applying is the only way to know the real terms.

A Millpond, a Linebacker, and a Racetrack That Isn't Quite in Town

Lake View's history runs back to 1792, when Major William Ford dammed both ends of Bear Swamp to create a millpond and built a gristmill and cotton gin there, giving the settlement its first name, Ford's Mill. Joseph Nichols Page acquired the property in 1870 and built a general store, prompting the community's second name, Page's Mill; a post office opened in 1877 with Page as postmaster, and the railroad's arrival in the early 1900s expanded the town around these commercial centers. Page's Mill incorporated under that name on February 26, 1907, joined the newly formed Dillon County in 1910, and was renamed Lake View by a resident vote on May 12, 1916. Page's Mill Pond, the 295-acre millpond at the center of that history, is roughly 60% covered by cypress-swamp water today; the current millhouse -- the third structure to occupy the site -- was built in 1934 by B.P. Parish Sr. and, though no longer functional as a working mill, retains its flood gates.

Lake View's most notable person is Darius Leonard, a linebacker born in neighboring Nichols, SC, who played his high school football at Lake View High School before a college career at South Carolina State and a professional run with the Indianapolis Colts, where he was named first-team All-Pro twice. Locally, the town is also associated with Lake View Motor Speedway, a 4/10-mile semi-banked dirt oval founded in 1979 by Jay Asbill that became one of the more successful dirt tracks in the Carolinas through the 1980s and continues racing today under owners Scott and Sophie Tripp. But per this guide's Census Bureau geocoder check, the speedway's own address -- 523 Race Track Road, carrying a Nichols, SC mailing address -- returns no match against any incorporated place at all, meaning it sits on unincorporated Dillon County land between the two towns rather than inside either one's actual limits. This guide also checked for a widely assumed local landmark, a Lake View Tobacco Festival, and found no evidence one exists: the town's own published event calendar lists a Harvest Festival with Trunk-or-Treat and a Christmas on the Boulevard celebration, not a tobacco-themed festival, and neither Wikipedia nor the town's own site makes any such reference.

Economically, 2024 ACS estimates (per City-Data.com's presentation of Census data) show retail trade as Lake View's largest employment sector at 28.5% of employed residents, followed by manufacturing (16.3%), health care and social assistance (12.7%), and other services (9.1%). Median household income estimates diverge between aggregators the way the population estimates do: City-Data.com lists $38,159 while DataUSA lists $36,563, both well below South Carolina's roughly $72,350 statewide figure. Both sources agree on a 24.3% poverty rate, and City-Data.com lists an April 2026 unemployment rate of 4.8% against a 3.6% state average. The town's own business directory lists a mix of small retail, food, and service businesses along Main Street, Richard Temple Boulevard, and First and Third Avenues -- including Dollar General, Family Dollar/Dollar Tree, and Hayes Hardware -- but no apartment complex or property management office.

Common Issues Renters Face in Lake View

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

Only two rental communities could be identified with a Lake View mailing address, and only one of them, Lakeview Apartments, actually resolves inside town limits -- a renter drawn by a "Lake View, SC" listing should confirm which government has jurisdiction over the specific property before assuming Town of Lake View rules apply
Both identified communities are federally subsidized (USDA Section 515/521 and LIHTC), so a general-population renter who doesn't qualify for income limits has, by this guide's research, no confirmed open-market alternative inside town
Lake View Green's own address is reported inconsistently between aggregators (702 Scott St versus 1609 Scott St), and only one of those addresses could be independently geocoded at all -- worth confirming the property's actual, current address directly rather than relying on either listing
No rental-registration or landlord-licensing ordinance beyond South Carolina's statewide baseline was located, even though the town does maintain business-license and building-permit application forms for other purposes
Population and income estimates from different aggregators disagree meaningfully with each other, which is worth knowing before treating any single cited figure for Lake View as precise

Negotiating Your Lease in Lake View

South Carolina is landlord-favorable with minimal statutory protections, and Lake View's rental market -- two identified communities, both federally subsidized by this guide's research -- offers no public market-rate benchmark to negotiate against.

Confirming current income limits, which specific waiting list applies, and unit availability directly with Lakeview Apartments before assuming eligibility is worth doing, since program rules -- not just an advertised rent -- govern what's available in Lake View
Confirming Lake View Green's actual current address and its jurisdiction, directly with the property or Dillon County, is a reasonable step before applying, given the inconsistency between aggregator listings found in this guide's research
Getting any quoted rent, fee, or program requirement confirmed in writing is a reasonable substitute for a published rate card in a market where none was found online
Comparing a specific quote against nearby Dillon or Latta, both covered elsewhere on this site, can help gauge whether a Lake View program's terms fit regional Dillon County norms for a similar housing type

A federally subsidized property isn't inherently a red flag -- but a landlord or property manager who won't confirm income limits, fees, the property's actual address, or a lease term in writing before an application is submitted is asking a tenant to commit without knowing the actual terms.

Local Tip for Lake View Renters

Lake View's population history is genuinely more mixed than most small Dillon County towns this guide has covered -- a steady climb to a 1970 peak of 949, then decline through the 1980s and '90s, an unusual rebound to 807 by 2010, and a fresh drop to 764 by 2020. That mixed trend, combined with a rental market of exactly two identified communities (both federally subsidized, and only one of which actually sits inside town limits), means a renter should treat both the population figure and the property's mailing address with the same caution: neither one, by itself, tells the whole story. The jurisdiction gap found at Lake View Green -- and at the well-known Lake View Motor Speedway nearby -- shows that a "Lake View, SC" address in this part of Dillon County can sit on unincorporated county land just as easily as inside the actual town. Confirming eligibility, address, and jurisdiction in writing before applying matters more here than comparison-shopping, because there's really only one community confirmed to sit inside Lake View at all.

Frequently Asked Questions About Renting in Lake View

What is the average rent in Lake View, SC?: No confirmed open-market rent exists. Research for this guide, checked September 2026, identified two subsidized rental communities carrying a Lake View mailing address: Lakeview Apartments (109 E 1st Ave), a USDA Section 515/521 and LIHTC property confirmed inside town limits, and Lake View Green (addressed as either 702 Scott St or 1609 Scott St depending on the aggregator), a similarly subsidized property. Neither publishes a rent figure -- both list contact information for prospective tenants to call directly. A Census-based ACS estimate, as presented by City-Data.com, puts Lake View's median gross rent at $790 a month, but that figure is a statistical model built from the town's existing housing stock, not a published asking rent from either identified property.
Has Lake View's population been growing or shrinking?: Shrinking overall, though the town saw a brief uptick before its most recent decline. The U.S. Census Bureau's decennial count shows Lake View growing steadily from 157 residents in 1910 to a peak of 949 in 1970, then drifting down to 872 by 1990 and 789 by 2000, before an unusual rebound to 807 in 2010 and a renewed drop to 764 in 2020, a 5.3% decline. Single-year ACS estimates for the current period disagree with each other: City-Data.com's presentation of 2024 ACS data shows 759 residents, while DataUSA's presentation of the same ACS program shows 679 -- an 80-person spread that illustrates how wide the margin of error runs for a town this size.
Does a "Lake View, SC" rental address reliably mean it sits inside town limits?: Not automatically. Checking the two subsidized communities identified for this guide against the U.S. Census Bureau's public geocoder produced two different answers. Lakeview Apartments (109 E 1st Ave) resolves cleanly inside the incorporated Town of Lake View. Lake View Green, listed by one aggregator at 1609 Scott St, geocodes successfully but returns no match against the Bureau's Incorporated Places layer at all -- meaning that address sits on unincorporated Dillon County land, not inside Lake View, despite carrying a Lake View mailing address. A second aggregator lists the same property at 702 Scott St, an address that does not geocode at all, pointing to a data-quality problem on top of the jurisdiction question. The same pattern shows up locally with Lake View Motor Speedway, a well-known area landmark carrying a Nichols, SC mailing address that also returns no match inside any incorporated place -- confirming that in this part of Dillon County, a mailing address is not a reliable stand-in for which government actually has jurisdiction over a specific parcel.
Does Lake View have a municipal code or rental-registration ordinance?: Only partially, and with less published detail than some other small Dillon County-area towns. The Town of Lake View's own website (townoflakeviewsc.org) lists a Business License Application and a Building Permit Application among its downloadable forms, so a licensing and permitting process does exist. But the site's own Policies/Ordinances/Laws page publishes only a Parks & Recreation Ordinance (effective July 1, 2024) and FOIA-related documents -- no fee schedule, no zoning ordinance, and no rental-registration or landlord-licensing provision. No fuller code of ordinances could be located on Municode, eCode360, or American Legal as of September 2026 either. Absent a locatable rental-specific ordinance, South Carolina's statewide Residential Landlord and Tenant Act is the only confirmed baseline for rentals in Lake View.
What is Lake View, SC known for?: A 234-year-old millpond, a linebacker who went on to the NFL, and a well-known dirt racetrack that turns out to sit outside town. Lake View traces to 1792, when Major William Ford dammed Bear Swamp to build a gristmill and cotton gin, founding a settlement called Ford's Mill; the town was renamed Page's Mill after Joseph Nichols Page took over in 1870, incorporated under that name in 1907, and renamed Lake View by a 1916 resident vote. Page's Mill Pond, a 295-acre millpond roughly 60% covered by cypress-swamp water, remains a local landmark, with the current millhouse -- the third to stand on the site -- built in 1934. Linebacker Darius Leonard, born in neighboring Nichols, SC and a two-time first-team All-Pro with the Indianapolis Colts, played his high school football at Lake View High School. Lake View Motor Speedway, a 4/10-mile dirt oval founded in 1979 that has drawn regional racing crowds for decades, carries a Nichols mailing address and, per this guide's Census Bureau geocoder check, sits on unincorporated Dillon County land rather than inside either town. This guide found no evidence of a Lake View Tobacco Festival: the town's own published events are a Harvest Festival with Trunk-or-Treat and a Christmas on the Boulevard celebration, not a tobacco-themed festival.
Does South Carolina or Lake View have rent control?: No. South Carolina law preempts local rent control statewide (S.C. Code §27-39-60): no city or county, including Lake View, may enact an ordinance regulating the rent charged on privately owned residential property. South Carolina's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act sets the baseline tenant protections that apply in Lake View instead.

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