Berkeley County, SC real estate

What the numbers say

Berkeley County, SC real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Berkeley County listed for $406,056, down 4.5% from a year earlier. That is 13% above the South Carolina median of $359,945.

Homes spent a median of 57 days on the market. That makes Berkeley County the #3 fastest-selling of 24 South Carolina counties we track.

Homeowners in Berkeley County pay a median of $1,400 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $310,300, an effective rate of about 0.45%. The South Carolina average is 0.48%, which makes Berkeley County the #16 lowest-tax of 46 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,654 a month, and $1,539 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 20 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $406,000 home here comes to about $2,536 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $109,000 a year (the median household here earns $84,358).