Home values, rents and more in Charleston, SC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Charleston compares
The typical home in Charleston, SC is worth about $588,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Charleston are 34% above the typical value in the Charleston metro area ($437,000) and 1.6 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Charleston rose 1.4%, compared with −0.2% in the Charleston metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,288 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 12% above the Charleston metro area ($2,037) and 18% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $92,414, against $85,254 in the Charleston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 154,338 people live in Charleston (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Charleston has the 9th-highest typical home value of the 28 cities in the Charleston metro area and the 13th-highest of 266 in South Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Charleston County, SC · Charleston metro area · South Carolina
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.