Key Insight

Charleston's post-pandemic housing boom has definitively ended, with home prices decelerating from +24% YoY in mid-2022 to just +0.3% YoY as of February 2026 — a stall that sits 7.3 pp below the long-run trend of +7.6% and registers as a 1.1σ deviation, the largest on the dashboard.

Generated by Claude on Apr 15, 2026

Charleston, SC

Housing, demographics, economy, and public safety data for Charleston, South Carolina.

Updated Aug 1.

Exclude COVID

Housing

Median Home Sale Price

Zillow Home Value Index for middle-tier homes.

▲ +7.1% YoY

$591.0k

Trend YoY growth is +7.1%, accelerating by 11 bps/year over the last 25Y. Deviations have remained below trend for 24 consecutive periods. Latest: +1.0%, 6.1 pp below trend, a 0.92σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is boosted by 6.4 pp due to an easy comparison base from Aug '25.

Level

YoY %

y = 4.2% + 11 bps/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Median Rent

Zillow Observed Rent Index for all home types.

▲ +6.3% YoY

2.3kUSD/mo

Trend YoY growth is +6.3%, accelerating by 8 bps/year over the last 10Y. Deviations have remained below trend for 35 consecutive periods. Latest: +4.6%, 1.6 pp below trend, a 0.35σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is boosted by 4.7 pp due to an easy comparison base from Aug '25. At current levels, YoY would rise to +5.2% by Oct '26 as comparisons ease.

Level

YoY %

y = 5.5% + 8 bps/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Demographics

Population

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Median Household Income

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Educational Attainment

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Median Age

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Single-Parent Households

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Economy

Unemployment Rate

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Median Earnings

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Public Safety

Violent Crime Rate

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Property Crime Rate

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