Hilton Head Island housing market: home prices and forecast
Hilton Head Island home prices: in September 2026 the typical home was worth $781,869, +4.1% on a year earlier and the highest for any month on record, per the Zillow Home Value Index for Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
- Value of the typical home
- $781,869September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +4.1%. Compared with September 2025.
Hilton Head Island home prices since 2000
The steel line shows Hilton Head Island, and the grey line shows the United States. From January 2000 to now, the typical Hilton Head Island home has moved from $314,855 to $781,869, ×2.48, while the US rose ×2.99 over those same months. Prices peaked during the boom in December 2006 at $536,153 and hit a low in March 2012 at $331,752, −38.1%.
Median home price by year in Hilton Head Island
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 the latest month is shown.
| Year | Hilton Head Island | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $325,684 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $314,128 | −3.5% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $322,706 | +2.7% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $338,087 | +4.8% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $366,770 | +8.5% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $430,431 | +17.4% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $513,121 | +19.2% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $520,301 | +1.4% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $467,966 | −10.1% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $410,565 | −12.3% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $375,899 | −8.4% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $349,537 | −7.0% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $334,688 | −4.2% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $346,619 | +3.6% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $356,321 | +2.8% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $369,310 | +3.6% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $384,203 | +4.0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $391,829 | +2.0% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $403,264 | +2.9% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $417,567 | +3.5% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $432,597 | +3.6% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $523,466 | +21.0% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $667,317 | +27.5% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $708,969 | +6.2% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $743,185 | +4.8% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $751,036 | +1.1% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $781,869 | +4.1% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Hilton Head Island any year is worth today
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
September 2026 is the value now; each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly index values behind it. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Hilton Head Island housing market forecast
For Hilton Head Island, SC metro, Zillow's forecast is +0.9% across the 12 months beginning September 2026, and +0.1% across the next three months. With Hilton Head Island's typical value, $781,869, that forecast points to a level near $788,900 a year from now.
What appears here restates Zillow's central estimate for the metro, and no forecast of its own appears on the site. Forecasts like this 12-month one have typically been off by several percentage points from the realised change, in either direction. No investment advice is offered here.
One table holds the forecast for every metro: housing market forecast.
Hilton Head Island housing market crash risk score
A moderate score of 35 out of 100
Against the 292 cities, the score ranks Hilton Head Island on five conditions that were high before earlier price falls. Every input is set from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities, then the five scores are averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they are now and does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −8.7% | 31 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | −17.9% | 12 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 24.8 | 84 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +4.1% | 12 | 20% |
Investment advice is not part of this. How each input is scored: methodology details. All 292 cities ranked: city crash risk list.
Hilton Head Island inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Hilton Head Island, SC metro listed 2,537 homes available for sale. That was +17.7% above the prior year and −8.7% below the same month of 2019. Selling took a median of 92 days (−17.9% against 2019), and price cuts showed on 20.2% of listings.
| Hilton Head Island, SC metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 2,537 | +17.7% |
| New listings | 612 | |
| Median days on market | 92 | +18.7% |
| Median list price | $497,000 | −10.8% |
| Share with a price cut | 20.2% |
Metro inventory, Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Living costs and rent in Hilton Head Island
Asking rent in Hilton Head Island typically runs $2,630 a month, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index, and it is +5.7% higher than a year earlier. It takes 24.8 years of that rent to cover the cost of the typical home. BEA puts metro prices at 98.0, where the US average is 100, and housing costs at 101.2.
Other housing markets in South Carolina
- Charleston, SC $587,511
- Columbia, South Carolina $227,148
- North Charleston $309,108
- Greenville $328,460
- Myrtle Beach $323,033
For the state as a whole: South Carolina housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point on the chart gives, for Hilton Head Island, the Zillow Home Value Index. It shows what a typical home in the market's middle third is worth, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, and stated in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows which month the slider sits on, and the terracotta dot shows the most recent month. No inflation adjustment is applied to these numbers, and the index follows the typical home rather than a given house: with the card above or the home appreciation calculator, work out one home's value from the sale price of that home.