What is the median home value in Kiawah Island, SC?

Name: Home values in Kiawah Island, SC, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Kiawah Island, SC is $2,000,000 or more, as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $2,000,000 or more
Owner-occupied homes: 1,198 (±147)
Most common range: $1,000,000 or more

Home values in Kiawah Island

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Kiawah Island	Charleston County	South Carolina	United States
Less than $50,000	0.8% (±1.0 points)	3.3%	8.1%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.5% (±0.9 points)	2.3%	8.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	1.2% (±1.2 points)	2.9%	8.3%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	2.7% (±2.0 points)	3.7%	11.2%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	1.1% (±1.2 points)	11.6%	21.8%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	3.8% (±2.5 points)	27.6%	25.5%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	11.9% (±4.3 points)	32.0%	12.7%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	78.1% (±4.8 points)	16.6%	3.7%	7.1%

The most common range is $1,000,000 or more, 78.1% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Kiawah Island against Charleston County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Kiawah Island	Charleston County	South Carolina	United States
Median home value	$2,000,000 or more	$489,100 (±$9,282)	$259,000 (±$1,421)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	1,198 (±147)	114,350 (±1,763)	1,522,121 (±8,375)	84,210,142

How home values in Kiawah Island have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median real estate taxes	$7,510 (±$1,016)	$8,349 (±$1,836)	+11.2%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Kiawah Island

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Kiawah Island
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Kiawah Island	—	$2,000,000 or more	—
Folly Beach	6.9 mi	$1,000,000 (±$115,161)	—
Seabrook Island	7.6 mi	$1,001,400 (±$88,117)	—
Rockville	7.7 mi	$459,100 (±$120,159)	—
James Island	11 mi	$508,600 (±$43,683)	—
Hollywood	12 mi	$460,100 (±$51,340)	—
Meggett	13 mi	$714,100 (±$169,068)	—
Ravenel	15 mi	$238,700 (±$41,004)	—
Charleston	15 mi	$509,700 (±$17,642)	—

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Charleston County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1 (tie)	Kiawah Island	$2,000,000 or more
1 (tie)	Sullivan's Island	$2,000,000 or more
3	Isle of Palms	$1,581,300 (±$285,401)
4	Seabrook Island	$1,001,400 (±$88,117)
5	Folly Beach	$1,000,000 (±$115,161)
6	Mount Pleasant	$748,500 (±$22,756)
7	Meggett	$714,100 (±$169,068)

Showing 7 of 16 places in Charleston County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Kiawah Island

What is the average home value in Kiawah Island, SC?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $2,000,000 or more for owner-occupied homes in Kiawah Island (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Kiawah Island sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Kiawah Island town, South Carolina (place:38162, in state:45).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.