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

Windsor Rental Market Overview

Windsor is a 0.66-square-mile town in eastern Aiken County, South Carolina, part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. As of October 2026, this guide's research could not identify a single named apartment or multi-family rental community operating inside town limits, but City-Data.com's 2024 Census American Community Survey estimate does publish a town-wide median gross rent figure of $850. The town's own population has been declining across most of the last three decades, a pattern matching most of the small Aiken County towns this guide has covered.

Common Lease Terms in Windsor

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

• A 2024 City-Data estimate puts Windsor's poverty rate at 14.3% (10.8% among White, non-Hispanic residents, 25.0% among other races, 26.5% among multiracial residents) -- the same 14.3% figure also appears in the 2000 Census profile, which may indicate the estimate is carried forward rather than independently remeasured
• The same 2024 source's median household income and race-composition figures render as unusable error values (a negative dollar amount and race percentages summing well over 100%), a data-quality problem this guide has also found on several other very small SC towns
• 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 Windsor tenancy where the lease itself is silent
• No business, landmark, or institution carrying an actual Windsor, SC 29856 mailing address could be located to test against the Census Bureau's public geocoder, so this guide cannot report a clean jurisdiction result or a confirmed mismatch for the town itself

Local Tenant Protections

South Carolina law provides the baseline for tenant rights, but Windsor 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 Windsor, may enact an ordinance regulating the rent charged on privately owned residential property
• This guide could not confirm a town-administered zoning ordinance or business-license schedule for Windsor anywhere online, including on the Municipal Association of South Carolina's own directory; Aiken County's own zoning and business-license scope could not be independently confirmed either -- a prospective tenant or small business should confirm Windsor's specific status directly with town government rather than assume either way
• "Windsor" is one of the most widely shared place names in the English-speaking world -- a general search is dominated by Windsor Castle and the town of Windsor, Berkshire in England, Windsor, Ontario (the Canadian half of the Detroit-Windsor border region), and Windsor, Connecticut, alongside more than a dozen other American towns and cities of the identical name, since Windsor is also the surname of the British royal family
• Windsor's population fell from 127 in 2000 to 121 by the 2010 Census, then to 115 by the 2020 Census (-4.96% in that final decade, -9.4% cumulative since 2000); a 2024 City-Data estimate of 122 suggests a modest rebound not yet confirmed by a decennial count

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

Mandatory Fees at Windsor Rentals

No fee schedule could be independently confirmed for a Windsor 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 housing profile publishes a town-wide median gross rent ($850) but no property-level application fee, pet fee, or deposit amount for any specific Windsor property
• No zoning ordinance or business-license ordinance could be confirmed for Windsor that might otherwise reach a residential-rental registration or fee requirement
• 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 Tiny Aiken County Town Whose Name Belongs to a Castle

Windsor sits on a 0.66-square-mile footprint in eastern Aiken County, South Carolina, part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The U.S. Census Bureau counted 124 residents in 1990, 127 in 2000, 121 by the 2010 Census, and 115 by the 2020 Census -- a 4.96% decline in that final decade and a 9.4% cumulative drop since 2000, a pattern matching most of the small Aiken County towns this guide has covered. A 2024 City-Data estimate of 122 residents suggests a modest rebound, though that figure is a modeled estimate rather than a decennial count and doesn't erase the confirmed 2010-2020 decline. The same 2024 source's median household income and race-composition figures render as unusable error values, a data-quality problem found on several other very small SC towns in this coverage; the 2000 Census profile remains the last reliable income figure ($35,833 median household income, well below South Carolina's current statewide $72,350).

The town's name is traced, without formal citation per its own Wikipedia-sourced history, to the 1813 will of Anderson Windsor, who owned land on Pond Branch and Yarrow Branch near the town's present location. Beyond that, this guide could not identify a widely documented landmark, employer, or industry specific to Windsor itself. Students attend schools within the Aiken County Public School District, including Oakwood-Windsor Elementary -- but checking that school's own address (3773 Charleston Highway) against the U.S. Census Bureau's free public geocoder found two layers worth knowing: the school itself carries an "Aiken, SC 29801" mailing address rather than a Windsor one, and that address resolves to unincorporated Aiken County land, outside the City of Aiken's own incorporated limits too. A school named for the town doesn't share its mailing identity, and the address it does carry isn't inside any incorporated city at all.

A specific naming caution is also worth knowing, sharper than most sibling towns in this coverage: "Windsor" is one of the most widely recognized place names in the English-speaking world, carried by Windsor Castle and the town of Windsor, Berkshire in England, by Windsor, Ontario (the Canadian half of the Detroit-Windsor border region), and by Windsor, Connecticut, alongside more than a dozen other American towns and cities of the identical name -- since Windsor is also the surname of the British royal family itself. A general search for "Windsor" zoning, business, or tenant-rights information is almost certain to surface one of these far larger and more prominent places long before this 115-resident South Carolina town.

Common Issues Renters Face in Windsor

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

• No apartment or multi-family rental community could be confirmed operating inside Windsor from the sources this guide checked, so a prospective renter should not assume the town has no options at all -- only that none could be independently verified
• No zoning ordinance or business-license schedule could be confirmed for the town itself, and Aiken County's own scope could not be independently confirmed either -- a prospective tenant or small business should confirm directly with Windsor town government rather than assume either way
• A general search for "Windsor" zoning, business, or tenant-rights information is overwhelmingly likely to surface Windsor Castle, Windsor, Ontario, Windsor, Connecticut, or one of the many other same-named places in other states before this small Aiken County town -- a renter or small business should confirm directly with Windsor, SC's own town government rather than trust the first search result
• Even the town's own namesake elementary school carries a mailing address in neighboring Aiken rather than Windsor, which may complicate using school-district or institutional addresses as a stand-in for the town's own location in casual research

Negotiating Your Lease in Windsor

South Carolina is landlord-favorable with minimal statutory protections, and Windsor'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 Windsor'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 Aiken, Jackson, or New Ellenton, all covered elsewhere on this site and all sharing Windsor's Aiken County identity, can help gauge whether a Windsor rent or fee fits regional norms
• Asking the landlord directly for the property's exact street address and confirming it against the Census Bureau's free public geocoder is worth doing for any Windsor-area property, and confirming that a given "Windsor" search result actually describes this South Carolina town rather than Windsor Castle, Windsor, Ontario, or one of the many other same-named places elsewhere is worth doing for any zoning or business-license search

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.