Charleston, SC housing market: median home price
Charleston, SC home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index put the typical home at $587,511 in September 2026. That is +1.4% on a year earlier and the highest monthly figure on record.
- Value of a typical home
- $587,511September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +1.4% since September 2025.
Charleston, SC home prices since 2000
On the chart, the steel line stands for Charleston, SC and the grey line for the United States. From January 2000 onward, the typical Charleston, SC home was worth $146,895 at the start and $587,511 now, a ×4.00 gain. The US rose ×2.99 over those months. The boom high of $276,459 occurred in April 2007, while the low was $198,277 in January 2012, a −28.3% change.
Yearly median home price in Charleston, SC
Each year's number is an average of the twelve monthly values. For 2026, the latest month is used.
| Year | Charleston, SC | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $152,731 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $167,239 | +9.5% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $174,186 | +4.2% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $182,595 | +4.8% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $199,046 | +9.0% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $228,151 | +14.6% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $263,942 | +15.7% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $273,655 | +3.7% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $260,929 | −4.7% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $235,007 | −9.9% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $221,942 | −5.6% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $205,527 | −7.4% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $209,170 | +1.8% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $230,208 | +10.1% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $248,323 | +7.9% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $271,139 | +9.2% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $296,779 | +9.5% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $316,092 | +6.5% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $333,609 | +5.5% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $339,639 | +1.8% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $351,765 | +3.6% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $408,099 | +16.0% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $493,908 | +21.0% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $529,070 | +7.1% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $571,842 | +8.1% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $581,287 | +1.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $587,511 | +1.4% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Charleston, SC in any year is worth today
An index-based estimate of a typical home, rather than an appraisal.
Each yearly figure averages its twelve monthly index values. The current value is from September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Forecast for the Charleston, SC housing market
For the Charleston, SC metro, Zillow's forecast shows a gain of +1.0% during the 12 months that start in September 2026, and of +0.5% during the next three months. Applied to the typical value of $587,511 for Charleston, SC's market, that forecast would put the figure at roughly $593,400 a year on.
The number comes from Zillow's own central estimate for this metro, restated on this site, which publishes no forecast of its own. Such a 12-month forecast has usually differed from the realised change by several percentage points, either above or below it. This is not investment advice.
Forecasts for every metro are collected in a single table: housing market forecast.
Crash risk score for the Charleston, SC housing market
44 of 100, high
Charleston, SC is ranked by this score against 292 cities, on five conditions that were high ahead of earlier price falls. Each input receives a score from 0 to 100 based on the other cities. The five scores are then averaged with equal weight. This score shows current conditions and does not forecast a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −17.0% | 23 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | −15.3% | 15 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 21.4 | 67 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 6.0 | 72 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +1.4% | 41 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. See methodology for details on how the inputs are scored. See all 292 cities ranked by crash risk.
Charleston, SC inventory and days on market
For September 2026 the Charleston, SC metro listed 4,224 homes for sale, up 5.5% from a year earlier and down 17.0% from the same month in 2019. The median time to sell was 61 days (−15.3% against 2019), and price cuts appeared on 28.1% of listings.
| Charleston, SC metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 4,224 | +5.5% |
| New listings | 1,310 | |
| Median days on market | 61 | +6.1% |
| Median list price | $479,450 | −4.7% |
| Share with a price cut | 28.1% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com figures. View days on market by city for every metro.
Living costs in Charleston, SC
The Zillow Observed Rent Index places the typical asking rent in Charleston, SC at $2,288 a month, up 4.8% from a year earlier. The typical home equals 21.4 years of rent at that level. The median household income figure from Census ACS 2024 is $98,085; the typical home then equals 6.0 times that yearly income. BEA gives the metro a price index of 101.0 compared with a US average of 100, and a housing cost index of 119.8.
Rent, prices, plus the salary needed to move there: Charleston, SC cost of living.
More housing markets in South Carolina
- Columbia, South Carolina $227,148
- North Charleston $309,108
- Greenville: $328,460.
- Myrtle Beach $323,033
- Hilton Head Island $781,869
See the South Carolina housing market for the whole state.
Making sense of the graph
Each point plots the Zillow Home Value Index for Charleston, SC: what a typical home in the market's middle third was worth, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot marks the month shown on the slider, while the terracotta dot marks the latest month. Inflation is not adjusted for in these figures. An index follows the typical home rather than a given house, so to find one home's worth, use its sale price with the card above or the home appreciation calculator.