Best In South Carolina Real Estate™: Charleston

11.2% of new households in the Charleston tri-county (Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester) come from just three source counties—Richland, Mecklenburg, and Greenville. This extreme concentration reveals a market defined not by mass migration, but by strategic, high-income relocation. The data, drawn from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s 2022–23 county-to-county inflows, shows that Charleston is attracting a narrow, elite cohort from adjacent high-opportunity regions. This exclusivity is reinforcing a self-sustaining cycle of demand, where desirability attracts more of the same, further elevating market status. For investors and policymakers, it underscores that Charleston’s growth is not about volume, but about quality of migration. Learn more from the source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-29-charleston-sc-mig-county-top3 Share of Arriving Households From the Top Three Counties, top 10 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Internal Revenue Service 2023) #1 Richland County, SC — 546 #2 Mecklenburg County, NC — 530 #3 Greenville County, SC — 489 #4 Horry County, SC — 408 #5 Beaufort County, SC — 370 #6 Lexington County, SC — 350 #7 Orangeburg County, SC — 326 #8 Colleton County, SC — 317 #9 San Diego County, CA — 273 #10 Wake County, NC — 229 Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: Antony-22 (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=107163585; Slide 2: Ted Kerwin (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=97596338; Slide 3: ljb06 (CC BY 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=53490707; Slide 4: RJ Matthews (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=56050136 Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-29-charleston-sc-mig-county-top3 View and join any or all of our communities — AI, quantum, and real estate: https://alex-companies.com/reports/linkedin-groups If there's an AI, quantum, or real estate community you'd like to see us convene, tell us — this portfolio grows by request. Real Estate Strategy & Intelligence Leader. Democratized Blue Ocean Strategist & Operator. Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al. Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB [email protected] · +1 713.591.9902