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Garbage Disposal Repair in South Carolina
Across the 77 South Carolina towns we route calls in, 64% of housing units are detached houses and 19% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.
The quick answer
Across the 77 South Carolina towns covered here, 64% of housing units are detached houses, 19% are in multi-unit buildings and 13% are manufactured homes. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, and therefore who arranges and pays for the repair.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.
How South Carolina is built
| Housing type | Share of housing units |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 64% |
| Attached houses | 4% |
| Multi-unit buildings | 19% |
| Manufactured and mobile homes | 13% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 947,866 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.
The state does not divide evenly: 45 South Carolina towns lead on manufactured homes, 18 South Carolina towns lead on detached houses, 10 South Carolina towns lead on single-family housing, 3 South Carolina towns lead on a mix of building types, 1 South Carolina towns lead on multi-unit buildings. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.
The largest towns we route
| Town | Detached | Multi-unit | Housing units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 58% | 32% | 108,114 |
| Myrtle Beach | 50% | 37% | 100,247 |
| Rock Hill | 66% | 22% | 51,135 |
| Fort Mill | 71% | 14% | 47,951 |
| Anderson | 70% | 17% | 45,869 |
| Simpsonville | 82% | 11% | 38,937 |
| Greer | 75% | 11% | 38,786 |
| Aiken | 71% | 11% | 33,649 |
Checking a plumber in South Carolina
South Carolina licenses are issued by the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. South Carolina requires a residential plumber license for work over $500, according to the Commission.
Towns we route in South Carolina
- Aiken 71% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Anderson 70% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Aynor 65% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Beech Island 59% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Belton 69% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Blacksburg 55% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Blackstock 86% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Buffalo 55% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Carlisle 68% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Catawba 71% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Central 46% detached · 41% multi-unit
- Chester 77% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Clarks Hill 54% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Clemson 46% detached · 48% multi-unit
- Clover 69% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Conway 66% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Easley 71% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Edgemoor 73% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Fort Lawn 54% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Fort Mill 71% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Fountain Inn 64% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Gaffney 66% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Galivants Ferry 62% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Graniteville 73% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Great Falls 83% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Green Sea 35% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Greenville 58% detached · 32% multi-unit
- Greer 75% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Gresham 51% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Heath Springs 71% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Hickory Grove 69% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Jackson 67% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Jonesville 79% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Kershaw 73% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Lancaster 75% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Liberty 65% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Little River 56% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Longs 68% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Loris 55% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Marietta 67% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Marion 58% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Mauldin 60% detached · 24% multi-unit
- McConnells 76% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Mount Croghan 42% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Mullins 58% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Murrells Inlet 53% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Myrtle Beach 50% detached · 37% multi-unit
- New Ellenton 74% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Nichols 48% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- North Augusta 74% detached · 11% multi-unit
- North Myrtle Beach 37% detached · 55% multi-unit
- Pageland 44% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Pawleys Island 65% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Pelzer 76% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Pendleton 78% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Pickens 70% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Piedmont 69% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Richburg 49% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Rock Hill 66% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Ruby 58% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Salem 79% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Seneca 68% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Sharon 64% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Simpsonville 82% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Six Mile 66% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Smyrna 69% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Starr 58% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Taylors 74% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Townville 67% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Travelers Rest 75% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Trenton 56% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Union 67% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Wagener 50% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Warrenville 61% detached · 6% multi-unit
- West Union 65% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Williamston 74% detached · 7% multi-unit
- York 71% detached · 5% multi-unit
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