Home values, rents and more in Dorchester County, SC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Dorchester County, SC compares
The typical home in Dorchester County, SC is worth about $348,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Dorchester County, SC are 20% below the typical value in the Charleston metro area ($437,000) and 5% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Dorchester County, SC fell 0.9%, compared with −0.2% in the Charleston metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,768 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 13% below the Charleston metro area ($2,037) and 8% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $78,198, against $85,254 in the Charleston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 178,397 people live in Dorchester County, SC (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Dorchester County, SC has the lowest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Charleston metro area and the 8th-highest of 46 in South Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: 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.