Goose Creek, South Carolina Housing Market

What moves the numbers in Goose Creek?

Goose Creek asking prices per square foot were above the year before in 84% of months since the data starts. Within a year, the cheapest and priciest months differ by about 8.2%. That is bigger than the yearly trend, so timing your purchase matters here. Nothing in Goose Creek's numbers is far from its own normal. Your return comes from the property and the price you negotiate.

How does Goose Creek compare with other South Carolina markets?

Ranked among the 11 South Carolina markets we track:

• Asking price: 4th cheapest of 11. Goose Creek is at $338,000. Closest: Florence and Rock Hill.
• Buyer competition: 5th most competitive of 10. Goose Creek is at 0.37 buyers per home. Closest: Sumter and Charleston.
• Time on market: the shortest time on market of 11. Goose Creek is at a median of 52 days on market. Closest: Columbia.
• Price cuts: 6th most price cuts of 11. Goose Creek is at 22% of sellers cutting. Closest: Rock Hill and Mount Pleasant.

Is now a good time to buy in Goose Creek?

The median asking price is 10.3% below its Jun 2023 peak. Per square foot the gap is smaller: 4.8% below the Dec 2024 high. Part of the drop is smaller homes coming to market. Prices stopped falling about a year ago. They are flat now. Waiting will not get you a cheaper house. It might still get you a more motivated seller. Goose Creek prices have risen in 93 of the last 111 months. Drops here have been short and shallow. Buying in a slow month has rarely hurt a long hold.

The discount is already here. It is not getting bigger. Buy now while sellers are still weak. Waiting for a lower price stopped working a year ago.

Who will rent from you in Goose Creek?

In Goose Creek, 28 out of every 100 households rent. Most own their home. The renter share is shrinking. Five years ago it was 32 in 100. Renter households here average 2.7 people. Families rent here. Buy bedrooms. Studios will sit.

Households grew 9% in five years. The housing stock grew 6%. Demand is outrunning supply. Just 4.2% of homes sit empty. A well-priced rental fills fast here.

The median Goose Creek household earns $81,594 a year. Incomes here have grown 5.6% a year since 2019. Incomes are rising faster than home prices. Affordability is improving. A typical home costs 4.1 times the median income. That is the national middle. Neither cash flow nor appreciation is free here. At 30% of income, a tenant on the median income can pay about $2,040 a month.

To see what one Goose Creek address would rent for and cash flow, run it through the app.

When do Goose Creek prices dip?

Across 9 full years, Goose Creek asking prices ran lowest in February, about 5.0% below the year's average. They peaked in July. The most homes for sale show up in November, about 19% above the yearly average. Shop in November for choice, and expect the softest asking prices in February.

What numbers should you underwrite a Goose Creek deal with?

• Price growth to assume — +3.2%/yr. Goose Creek grew 6.9% a year over the decade. Ignore that rate. Most of it landed in the 2020 and 2021 boom. Without the boom, Goose Creek grows about 3.2% a year. That is the number to type in. Prices were flat over the last year.
• Comp on price per square foot — $199/sqft. The typical Goose Creek listing shrank from 1,900 to 1,594 sqft since Jul 2016. So median price hides real growth: 93% per sqft versus 69% on the median. Comp on median price and you will overpay for small homes.
• Competition when you exit — +9%. Homes for sale in Goose Creek are up 9% on last year, so your resale faces more competition than today's comps did.

Read how rent-to-price works and how we read these numbers, then run the numbers on a deal.

What is the median home price in Goose Creek?

The median asking price in Goose Creek is about $338,000 as of Sep 2026, up 3.7% from a year ago. This is the asking price on homes listed for sale. Sites that report sold prices or estimated home values will show a different number. Our Goose Creek figures cover the 1 ZIP code with a Goose Creek mailing address, which can reach past city limits.

Is Goose Creek a buyer's or seller's market in 2026?

Buyers have more room in Goose Creek than usual. We compare Goose Creek with 2017–2019 at this time of year: there are 37 pending sales per 100 listings, against 84 then; listings spend 26% more days on the market; 22% of sellers have cut their price, against 20% then.

Are Goose Creek home prices going up or down?

The median asking price is 10.3% below its Jun 2023 peak. Per square foot the gap is smaller: 4.8% below the Dec 2024 high. Part of the drop is smaller homes coming to market. Prices stopped falling about a year ago. They are flat now. Waiting will not get you a cheaper house. It might still get you a more motivated seller.

What price growth should I assume for Goose Creek?

Assume +3.2% a year. Goose Creek grew 6.9% a year over the decade. Ignore that rate. Most of it landed in the 2020 and 2021 boom. Without the boom, Goose Creek grows about 3.2% a year. That is the number to type in. Prices were flat over the last year.

What is the fair market rent in Goose Creek?

HUD's fiscal year 2026 fair market rent for Berkeley County is $1,787 a month for 2 bedrooms and $2,222 for 3 bedrooms. The figures include tenant-paid utilities and cover the whole county.