housing costs · South Carolina
Housing costs in Charleston County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,620 | ± $36 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,506 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,427 | ± $21 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,310 | ± $24 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $489,100 | ± $9,282 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $450,800 | ± $8,748 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $415,000 | ± $8,451 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $352,800 | ± $6,748 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.0 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.4 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.2 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.5 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Charleston County is $1,620, above the South Carolina median of $897 across 46 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.
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