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

Silverstreet Rental Market Overview

Silverstreet is a small town of roughly 3.35 square miles in Newberry County, South Carolina, on South Carolina Highway 34 west of the city of Newberry and just north of the Saluda River, with Lake Murray to the southeast and Lake Greenwood to the northwest. 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 City-Data.com's own published 2024 median-rent figure for the town is not usable -- it renders as a large negative dollar value, a data error rather than a real estimate. What the same housing dataset does show reliably is that only 8 of the town's 98 occupied housing units are renter-occupied, an 8% renter rate well below South Carolina's statewide renter rate of roughly 28%, consistent with a market made up mostly of owner-occupied single-family homes.

Common Lease Terms in Silverstreet

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

• City-Data.com's 2024 ACS-based estimate puts Silverstreet's median household income at $100,451 -- well above South Carolina's statewide median household income of $72,350, and a striking jump from the town's own $27,321 figure in the 2000 Census; with only around 98 occupied households in the entire town, a swing this large is more likely small-sample ACS noise than a real economic shift, and should not be relied on without independent confirmation
• 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 Silverstreet tenancy where the lease itself is silent
• Checked against the Census Bureau's public geocoder, Silverstreet Town Hall (1233 Main St) and the town's main post office (1195 Main St) both returned no match at all, while Silverstreet Lutheran Church (120 Long St) and a second postal location (2035 Main St) resolve cleanly inside the incorporated Town of Silverstreet (see the jurisdiction section below)
• City-Data.com's 2024 estimate puts the town's median house value at $238,906 and the median resident age at 38.0 years -- the house value sits below South Carolina's statewide median house value of $299,500, which sits oddly alongside the town's own reported above-state-average income, reinforcing that the income figure is the more questionable of the two

Local Tenant Protections

South Carolina law provides the baseline for tenant rights, but Silverstreet 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 Silverstreet, may enact an ordinance regulating the rent charged on privately owned residential property
• This guide could not confirm whether Silverstreet has its own zoning ordinance or business-license ordinance; no Silverstreet-specific municipal code could be found published online, even though the town maintains its own website with current mayor, council, and contact information -- a prospective tenant or small business should confirm directly with Town Hall (1233 Main St, PO Box 107, 803-271-3095) rather than assume either way
• Checked against the Census Bureau's public geocoder, two of the four Silverstreet-area addresses this guide tested -- Town Hall and the town's main post office, both on Main Street -- returned no match at all, most likely a rural address-range gap in that stretch of road rather than a confirmed jurisdiction problem; the other two addresses tested (a church and a second postal location) resolve cleanly inside the incorporated town
• Silverstreet's population fell sharply in the 2000s (216 to 162, a 25.0% drop) before leveling off -- 164 in 2020 and an estimated 169 in 2024 -- a modest recent rebound rather than continued decline, a less uniformly negative trend than several comparably sized South Carolina towns this guide has covered

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

Mandatory Fees at Silverstreet Rentals

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

• City-Data.com's own housing profile for Silverstreet does not publish a usable median gross rent figure -- the published 2024 number is a corrupted negative value -- and no property-level application fee, pet fee, or deposit amount for any specific Silverstreet property could be found anywhere else
• Whether Silverstreet has its own zoning or business-license ordinance reaching a residential-rental registration rule could not be confirmed either way -- no town-specific ordinance could be found published online, but that is not conclusive on its own
• 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 and a corrupted published rent figure 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 Newberry County Crossroads Where the Data Itself Is the Biggest Finding

The U.S. Census Bureau's counts show Silverstreet has not moved in a straight line for over a century: 297 residents in 1920, down to 146 by 1940, recovering to 216 by the 2000 Census, then falling sharply to 162 by 2010 -- a 25.0% drop in that decade alone. Since then the town has essentially leveled off rather than continued declining: the 2020 Census counted 164, and City-Data.com's 2024 current-year estimate puts the town at 169, a modest rebound even though the town remains roughly 21.8% below its 2000 population. Silverstreet sits on South Carolina Highway 34 in Newberry County, west of the city of Newberry, just north of the Saluda River, with Lake Murray to the southeast and Lake Greenwood to the northwest -- part of the broader Columbia metropolitan area.

The town's most identifiable local features are civic rather than commercial: two town parks (Angus D. Senn Park and Michael Huggins Park), a small Little Church Library, and fishing access along the Saluda River, all listed on the town's own website alongside current leadership (Mayor Julie-Ann Richardson, a four-member town council, and Clerk/Treasurer Michelle Davis). Silverstreet Lutheran Church, at 120 Long St, traces organized Lutheran worship in the community back to gatherings in a local schoolhouse as early as 1872; the congregation was formally organized in 1908 with 25 founding members, its first church building went up in 1909, and the congregation operated under the oversight of nearby Newberry College's pastors until becoming independent in 1919 -- the original building was replaced in 1951 and an organ added in 1970. Separately, records indicate a Silverstreet School opened in 1901 as a private institution with just six students, though this guide could not confirm the school's current operating status. City-Data.com's 2024 ACS-based estimate shows manufacturing (19.5%), transportation and warehousing (18.3%), health care and social assistance (16.5%), and construction (15.8%) as the town's leading current employment sectors.

The more significant finding from this guide's own research is a data-reliability problem, not a jurisdiction one. City-Data.com's own published 2024 median gross rent figure for Silverstreet renders as a large negative dollar amount -- plainly a data error, not a usable estimate -- and the same source's 2024 median household income figure ($100,451, nearly quadruple the town's own 2000 figure of $27,321, and well above South Carolina's statewide median) is difficult to reconcile with a town of fewer than 100 occupied households and a below-state-average median house value. Neither figure should be treated as reliable without independent confirmation. On jurisdiction specifically, a Census Bureau geocoder check of four Silverstreet-area addresses came back mixed: Town Hall (1233 Main St) and the town's main post office (1195 Main St), both on Main Street, returned no match at all -- most likely a rural address-range gap in the Bureau's own data for that stretch of road -- while Silverstreet Lutheran Church (120 Long St) and a second postal location, the Silverstreet Newberry Village branch (2035 Main St), both resolve cleanly inside the incorporated "Silverstreet town" boundary.

Common Issues Renters Face in Silverstreet

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

• No apartment or multi-family rental community could be confirmed operating inside Silverstreet from the sources this guide checked, consistent with only 8 of 98 occupied housing units in town being renter-occupied -- a prospective renter should not expect visible competition among listings to check a quote against
• The town's own published median rent and median household income figures both show signs of being unreliable (a corrupted rent value and an income figure that jumped nearly fourfold since 2000) -- a renter or small business should not cite either figure as evidence of local market conditions without independent confirmation
• Whether Silverstreet has a zoning or business-license ordinance reaching residential rentals could not be confirmed either way -- a renter running a home-based business should check directly with Town Hall rather than assume the answer from a comparable town
• A Census Bureau geocoder check found Town Hall's own address returns no match at all, alongside the town's main post office -- a reminder that even a town's own government address is sometimes worth double-checking against the free federal geocoder before assuming a given "Silverstreet, SC" address sits inside the incorporated town

Negotiating Your Lease in Silverstreet

South Carolina is landlord-favorable with minimal statutory protections, and Silverstreet's 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 Silverstreet's, 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 Newberry, Prosperity, or Little Mountain, all covered elsewhere on this site and all within Newberry County, can help gauge whether a Silverstreet rent or fee fits regional norms, since this town's own published rent figure cannot be used for that purpose
• Confirming a specific address's actual jurisdiction using the Census Bureau's free public geocoder is worth doing for any Silverstreet-area property -- this guide's own check came back inconclusive on two of four addresses tested, including the town's own Town Hall

A market with no identified rental community and an unreliable published rent figure isn't automatically a red flag -- but with no usable comparison figure 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 trustworthy published data.