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The median home value in Charleston, SC is $596,437 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.04% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$596,437
Year-over-Year
+1.04%
Population
156,898
Charleston ranks #3 of 60 South Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 101.2% above the state's city median of $296,397. It sits in Charleston County, where the county-wide median is $617,997.
Median household income in Charleston is $92,414, so the typical home value is about 6.5× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Charleston police recorded a violent crime rate of 358 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,022 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Charleston, that value is $596,437. That's up 1.04% from a year earlier. It is about 101.2% above the typical South Carolina city tracked here.
Homes in Charleston are cheaper than Charleston County as a whole, where the median is $617,997 — a difference of about 3.5%.
Median household income here is $92,414, so the typical home value is about 6.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Charleston police reported 358 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 156,898. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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