From January through March of 2020, there were 18 homes sold, with a median sale price of $570,000 - a 3.6% decrease over the $591,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 32 homes sold in Kiawah Island in the first quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Kiawah Island for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $9,591, approximately 1.7% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Kiawah Island to other Charleston County cities with similar median sales prices in the first quarter of 2020:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan's Island | 5 | 15 | -66.7% | $1,022,500 | $1,810,000 | -43.5% |
| Isle of Palms | 41 | 71 | -42.3% | $691,000 | $779,000 | -11.3% |
| Secessionville Acres | 1 | 2 | -50% | $670,000 | $300,000 | 123.3% |
| Folly Beach | 23 | 39 | -41% | $660,000 | $537,500 | 22.8% |
| Kiawah Island | 18 | 32 | -43.8% | $570,000 | $591,500 | -3.6% |
| Ashley Forest | 5 | 6 | -16.7% | $473,000 | $395,000 | 19.7% |
| Meggett | 1 | 8 | -87.5% | $449,000 | $340,000 | 32.1% |
| Whitehall Terrace | 3 | 2 | 50% | $440,000 | $342,000 | 28.7% |
| Capri Isles | 4 | 5 | -20% | $435,750 | $287,500 | 51.6% |
| Ravenel | 4 | 5 | -20% | $423,000 | $375,000 | 12.8% |
| Mount Pleasant | 430 | 491 | -12.4% | $410,000 | $413,000 | -0.7% |
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