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Solar Panel Cost & Payback in South Carolina

Home solar in South Carolina pays back in a median 13.8 years across the 58 places we cover, at an average electricity price of 15.9¢/kWh and about $3.60 per watt installed. Hilton Head Island has the fastest payback (13.0 years).

Solar estimates for South Carolina cities and towns

Sorted by fastest payback. Each figure is for a system sized to an average South Carolina home (1,050 kWh/month).

PlacekWh per kWSystemCostPayback25-yr savings
Hilton Head Island1,5438.4 kW$30,24013.0 yrs$35,788
Hilton Head1,5438.4 kW$30,24013.0 yrs$35,788
Garden City1,5128.4 kW$30,24013.2 yrs$34,462
Port Royal1,4998.8 kW$31,68013.3 yrs$35,520
Socastee1,4978.8 kW$31,68013.3 yrs$35,430
Florence1,4938.8 kW$31,68013.4 yrs$35,251
Bluffton1,4928.8 kW$31,68013.4 yrs$35,206
Mount Pleasant1,4918.8 kW$31,68013.4 yrs$35,161
Beaufort1,4908.8 kW$31,68013.4 yrs$35,116
Sumter1,4868.8 kW$31,68013.4 yrs$34,937
Myrtle Beach1,4838.8 kW$31,68013.4 yrs$34,803
Red Hill1,4778.8 kW$31,68013.5 yrs$34,534
Red Hill1,4778.8 kW$31,68013.5 yrs$34,534
Orangeburg1,4768.8 kW$31,68013.5 yrs$34,489
Conway1,4738.8 kW$31,68013.5 yrs$34,354
Rock Hill1,4638.8 kW$31,68013.6 yrs$33,906
Aiken1,4638.8 kW$31,68013.6 yrs$33,906
Irmo1,4618.8 kW$31,68013.6 yrs$33,816
North Myrtle Beach1,4608.8 kW$31,68013.6 yrs$33,771
Saint Andrews1,4568.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,592
Charleston1,4548.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,502
Berea1,4538.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,458
Spartanburg1,4498.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,278
Oak Grove1,4498.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,278
Wade Hampton1,4488.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,233
North Augusta1,4478.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,189
Dentsville1,4478.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,189
Woodfield1,4478.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,189
Columbia1,4468.8 kW$31,68013.7 yrs$33,144
Greer1,4448.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$33,054
Lexington1,4448.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$33,054
Cayce1,4448.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$33,054
Red Bank1,4448.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$33,054
Fort Mill1,4438.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$33,009
Moncks Corner1,4438.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$33,009
Gaffney1,4408.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$32,875
West Columbia1,4388.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$32,785
Hanahan1,4378.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$32,740
Tega Cay1,4378.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$32,740
Parker1,4358.8 kW$31,68013.8 yrs$32,651
Summerville1,4338.8 kW$31,68013.9 yrs$32,561
Ladson1,4328.8 kW$31,68013.9 yrs$32,516
North Charleston1,4319.2 kW$33,12013.9 yrs$33,947
Seven Oaks1,4319.2 kW$33,12013.9 yrs$33,947
Gantt1,4299.2 kW$33,12013.9 yrs$33,854
Easley1,4289.2 kW$33,12013.9 yrs$33,807
Forest Acres1,4279.2 kW$33,12013.9 yrs$33,760
Taylors1,4239.2 kW$33,12013.9 yrs$33,572
Goose Creek1,4199.2 kW$33,12014.0 yrs$33,385
Mauldin1,4199.2 kW$33,12014.0 yrs$33,385
Greenville1,4179.2 kW$33,12014.0 yrs$33,291
Greenwood1,4169.2 kW$33,12014.0 yrs$33,244
Five Forks1,4159.2 kW$33,12014.0 yrs$33,197
Anderson1,4139.2 kW$33,12014.0 yrs$33,104
Clemson1,4079.2 kW$33,12014.1 yrs$32,823
Simpsonville1,4069.2 kW$33,12014.1 yrs$32,776
Newberry1,3879.2 kW$33,12014.3 yrs$31,885
Laurens1,3829.2 kW$33,12014.3 yrs$31,651