Zip lookup · SC

29487
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina.

Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, SC · Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro · population 2,703

What it costs per month · 29487 $3,625/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,250 (+164%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,680 +1%
$683,019$690,700 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $197,057 +40%
$493,643$690,700 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 29487 $3,625 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 29487$3,625
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 29487 rose 1.1% over the past year — in step with the nation.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Wadmalaw Island, SC — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $690,700 as of Sep 2026
+1.1%year on year

Typical home value — 29487

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 29487 $690,700 Charleston $437,474 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 29487$690,700
  • Charleston$437,474
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.1 29455 Johns Island 27,576 $2,304 $746,511
6.4 29449 Hollywood 8,024 — $518,057
9.8 29438 Edisto Island 2,826 — $715,682
11.6 29470 Ravenel 5,639 — $468,972
13.7 29414 Charleston 44,727 $1,885 $467,761
14.1 29412 Charleston 39,256 $2,543 $593,604
14.3 29426 Adams Run 1,697 — $281,701
14.6 29407 Charleston 36,706 $1,752 $526,393
14.9 29439 Folly Beach 1,125 — $1,130,266
16.8 29401 Charleston 9,339 $3,776 $1,526,329
17.2 29403 Charleston 22,533 $2,751 $855,456
17.5 29418 North Charleston 26,052 $1,787 $298,174
18.0 29405 North Charleston 26,254 $2,076 $309,648
19.6 29420 North Charleston 23,959 $1,735 $336,147
19.8 29485 Summerville 58,507 $1,733 $370,303

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.