The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2018 in Drayton rose by $50,500 while total sales increased by 16.7%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through June of 2018, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $260,000 – a 24.1% increase over the $209,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were six homes sold in Drayton in the first half of 2017.
The median sales tax in Drayton for the most recent year with available data, 2015, was $1,278, approximately 0.5% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2018.
The following table compares Drayton to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2018:
| City | Jan. – June 2018 Home Sales | Jan. – June 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. – June 2018 Median Sales Price | Jan. – June 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverland Terrace | 6 | 9 | -33.3% | $325,000 | $292,000 | 11.3% |
| Charleston | 1,020 | 1,347 | -24.3% | $291,000 | $283,000 | 2.8% |
| James Island | 94 | 128 | -26.6% | $288,600 | $278,000 | 3.8% |
| Chesterfield | 2 | 2 | 0% | $275,000 | $287,500 | -4.3% |
| Hollywood | 23 | 23 | 0% | $262,500 | $259,900 | 1% |
| Drayton | 7 | 6 | 16.7% | $260,000 | $209,500 | 24.1% |
| McClellanville | 9 | 12 | -25% | $259,950 | $303,000 | -14.2% |
| Awendaw | 5 | 4 | 25% | $236,600 | $335,000 | -29.4% |
| Landsdowne | 8 | 5 | 60% | $232,636 | $245,000 | -5% |
| Plantation Estates | 3 | 8 | -62.5% | $232,000 | $197,970 | 17.2% |
| Ponderosa | 5 | 11 | -54.5% | $219,000 | $132,000 | 65.9% |
