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

Six Mile Rental Market Overview

Six Mile is a 2.05-square-mile town in northwestern Pickens County, in the Blue Ridge foothills roughly 9 miles north of Clemson (straight-line distance) and within the broader Lake Keowee recreation corridor that has drawn development to this part of the Upstate since the 1970s. As of September 2026, this guide's research identified exactly one apartment or multi-family rental community with an address inside Six Mile: Quail Run Apartments, at 116 Aaron Drive, confirmed inside the incorporated Town of Six Mile via the U.S. Census Bureau's public geocoder -- the same clean result the geocoder returned for Town Hall (106 S. Main Street), a Dollar General on Liberty Highway, and a dental office on Norris Highway, all spot-checked for this guide. No unit count, rent figure, deposit amount, or lease-term length is published anywhere online for Quail Run, and this guide could not locate the property's own website or leasing page. Six Mile Retirement Center, at 120 S. Main Street, is the only other residential-style rental property identified in town, but it appears to serve a distinct, age-restricted population rather than the general rental market.

Common Lease Terms in Six Mile

With Quail Run Apartments as the only identified rental community, and no lease document, rate card, or leasing office contact published for it, "common lease terms" in Six Mile is pieced together from housing-stock data rather than a specific property's own paperwork:

• Six Mile's homeownership rate runs 92.4% (per DataUSA's presentation of 2024 ACS data) -- a housing stock overwhelmingly owner-occupied, which is consistent with only one identified rental community citywide
• The Town of Six Mile's own Zoning Ordinance Guide states that mobile homes and houses under 1,200 square feet are not permitted in the town's residential district, a rule that narrows what kind of smaller or lower-cost rental housing could exist here even if more were built
• A 2024 ACS estimate (via city-data.com) puts Six Mile's town-wide median gross rent at $855 a month, though this guide treats that figure with real caution given how few rental units the town's own housing stock appears to contain
• No application fee, pet fee, deposit amount, or administrative charge is published for Quail Run Apartments, and this guide could not identify a second in-town alternative to compare it against

Local Tenant Protections

South Carolina law provides the baseline for tenant rights, but Six Mile 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 Six Mile, may enact an ordinance regulating the rent charged on privately owned residential property
• The Town of Six Mile's own website confirms a real Zoning Ordinance exists, with zoning districts and boundaries marked on an official map at Town Hall, and states one specific rule directly -- mobile homes and houses under 1,200 square feet are not allowed in the residential district -- a further-along regulatory picture than several other small South Carolina towns this guide has researched
• The full Zoning Ordinance text is published only as a downloadable PDF this guide could not directly access, so whether it includes a rental-registration or landlord-licensing requirement specifically could not be confirmed; no such requirement was located on Municode, eCode360, or American Legal as of September 2026
• Town Hall (106 S. Main Street) and the town's one identified rental community, Quail Run Apartments (116 Aaron Drive), both resolve cleanly inside the incorporated Town of Six Mile via the Census Bureau's public geocoder, so unlike some other South Carolina towns this guide has researched, jurisdiction itself is not the open question here

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

Mandatory Fees at Six Mile 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 Quail Run Apartments, the only rental community identified inside Six Mile.
• South Carolina law sets no statutory cap on application fees, pet fees, or administrative fees. Whatever a specific lease states is what governs.
• The Town of Six Mile does run a real, active business-licensing system separate from any residential lease terms -- license year May 1 to April 30, with a $25 administrative processing fee plus a 15% penalty for the first month of delinquency and 5% for each month after, per the town's own site -- worth knowing if a landlord's own business-license status is ever in question.

A community with no published fee schedule online isn't unusual for a town this small -- but confirming current availability, deposit amount, and any fees directly with the property, in writing, before applying is the only way to know the real terms.

Growth, a Sunken Cherokee Town, and Six Mile's Local Economy

Six Mile's name comes directly from its position six miles east of the Cherokee town of Keowee and the colonial-era Fort Prince George along the old Cherokee Path -- per the town's own history page, both sites are now submerged under Lake Keowee, created when the Keowee River was dammed in the 1970s. Local legend also credits a Creek maiden named Issaqueena with naming Six Mile and neighboring landmarks (Twelve Mile, Eighteen Mile Creek) while riding to warn colonial settlers of an impending attack; this guide treats that account as local lore rather than documented history. The area saw its first settlers around 1800, with the town itself officially incorporated in 1910. Six Mile's most concretely documented legacy is military: per the town's own site, four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients came from this one small community across the 20th century -- Charles H. Barker (Korean War), James D. Howe (Vietnam War), and William A. McWhorter and Furman L. Smith (both World War II) -- honored with a veterans monument dedicated July 7, 1991.

Unlike most of the small South Carolina towns in this guide's coverage, Six Mile's current economic data points toward genuine prosperity rather than decline. 2024 estimates put median household income at $100,410 (per city-data.com) or $96,250, down from $110,000 the prior year (per DataUSA) -- both figures well above South Carolina's statewide $72,350, even though the two sources disagree with each other on the exact number and its direction of travel. Poverty sits at roughly 5.7% (both sources agree closely here), a fraction of the 20%-37% range this guide has documented on several other small South Carolina towns, and April 2026 unemployment of 3.5% runs slightly below South Carolina's 3.6% statewide average -- one of the few towns in this guide's coverage where the local rate doesn't run meaningfully higher than the state's. The town's own business directory lists 39 active businesses concentrated along a short stretch of Main Street and a handful of outlying highway addresses, including restaurants (Casa Lago Pizzeria, Los Poblanos, The Scoop Ice Cream Shop), retail (Penny Lu & Co, GBS Building Supply), professional services (Trey Merck Law, Tim Brown Architecture, The Stillwater Group custom home building), and a Dollar General on Liberty Highway -- a notably dense commercial base for a town of just over 2 square miles. The town's own site separately advertises a specific available commercial space (above Red White & Brew Coffee Co. at the old fire station) rather than showing a vacant, undocumented market. Educational services is the top employment sector (21.7%-21.9% of employed residents, per city-data.com and DataUSA), and average commute times run 29.3 to 34.7 minutes depending on the source -- longer than a typical small town, and consistent with residents commuting to Clemson University or the School District of Pickens County, though this guide could not confirm the specific employer behind either statistic.

Common Issues Renters Face in Six Mile

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

• Only one apartment community, Quail Run Apartments, could be identified inside Six Mile -- with a 92.4% homeownership rate townwide, a renter who doesn't fit there has very little in-town alternative to compare against
• No rent, deposit, fee, or lease-term figure is published for Quail Run anywhere online, meaning every term needs direct confirmation with the property before applying
• Population and income estimates from different aggregators disagree meaningfully with each other -- 759 versus 931 residents, and $100,410 versus $96,250 in median household income -- worth knowing before treating any single cited figure for Six Mile as precise
• The town's zoning rule against mobile homes and houses under 1,200 square feet in the residential district may narrow the supply of smaller or lower-cost rental housing even as the population grows
• Average commute times run notably long (29-35 minutes) for a town this size, worth factoring into a housing decision if a renter's workplace sits outside Six Mile itself

Negotiating Your Lease in Six Mile

South Carolina is landlord-favorable with minimal statutory protections, and Six Mile's real population and income growth, paired with just one identified rental community and zero published pricing, points toward less renter leverage here than in the declining small towns more typical of this guide's South Carolina coverage.

• Confirming current availability, rent, deposit amount, and lease length directly with Quail Run Apartments before assuming anything is worth doing, since no figure for the property is published anywhere this guide could find
• Getting any quoted rent, fee, or lease term confirmed in writing is a reasonable substitute for a published rate card in a market where none exists online
• Comparing a specific quote against nearby Pickens, Clemson, Liberty, or Easley, all covered elsewhere on this site, can help gauge whether a Six Mile quote fits regional Upstate norms for a similar unit type

A town with real population growth and rising household income isn't automatically a red flag for renters -- but it does mean a landlord in a thin, undocumented market has less pressure to compete on price, so getting terms in writing before committing matters more here than in a market with published comparables.