Rents are 4% below what Goose Creek's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,861 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Goose Creek usually run 0.9% below trend in January and 0.9% above it in July, about $33 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Goose Creek is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in Goose Creek changed +5.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 54 South Carolina cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.1%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Goose Creek rose 47.7% while median household income rose 28% ($68,893 to $88,178). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Goose Creek is 57% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($88,178) is $2,204 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,130); a 4-bedroom is $2,510.
Ladson, 9 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,665/mo), about $2,400 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Goose Creek. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Goose Creek, SC is majority owner-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, 29.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Goose Creek, SC has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Goose Creek, SC has shifted from $1,270 to $1,861, up 46.5% since 2021. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $78,756 in 2021 to $88,178 more recently. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Goose Creek, SC adding about 3,576 residents over the five-year window, up 8.0% on net. The renter share has risen from 28.9% to 31.8%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 27.2% to 29.7% across the same window. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Goose Creek, SC market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Goose Creek is $1,861/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,500/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,720/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,550/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,130/mo.
At 25% of local median household income ($88,178/yr), Goose Creek ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.8% over the past year.
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