Daniel Island
A planned island town with deep-water docks, a country club at its center and the fastest-moving luxury market in the region.
Twenty-six days. The region's quickest luxury market.
Daniel Island is the master-planned island town between the Wando and Cooper rivers, fifteen minutes from the peninsula by the Ravenel and the Mark Clark. It has its own downtown, its own schools and its own country club, and it has become the Charleston address for households that want new construction, a dock and a neighborhood in one package.
The luxury end has moved quickly. In 2025 Daniel Island closed 168 sales at a median of $2,110,000 with just 26 days on market, the shortest of any luxury submarket in the region. November 2025 alone produced $72,000,000 across 23 homes, seven above $4,000,000, including 123 Nobels Point Street at $12,500,000. By mid-2026 the single-family median had reached $2,400,000, up more than 40 percent, and Captain's Island, the 99-home enclave launched in 2017 on the island's north end, carried the most expensive open-market listing on the island at $14,900,000.
Buyers come here for deep water and for a community that runs itself. Sellers do well when the home is positioned against the newest construction, because on Daniel Island the comparable set is being rebuilt every year.
What the address actually buys.
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Deep water and docks
The Wando, the Cooper, Ralston Creek and Beresford Creek give the island more dockable lots than any other submarket this close to downtown.
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The Daniel Island Club
A private club at the center of the island's park side, with golf, racquet sports and the social calendar that organizes the neighborhood.
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A town, not a subdivision
Downtown Daniel Island along Seven Farms Drive carries restaurants, offices, a grocery and the schools, so the day does not require the bridge.
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New construction at the top
Captain's Island and the newest park-side streets are where the architecture and the price ceiling are set, and where the island's highest sales have closed.
The island, by section.
Captain's Island
The 100-acre north-end enclave launched in 2017 with 99 homes, many on dockable deep water. A home on Old Compass Road sold for nearly $10,500,000 in 2024, then the island record, and 344 Bayley Road was listed at $14,900,000 in 2026.
Daniel Island Park
The club side of the island, around the golf course and Ralston Creek, with the largest lots and the custom homes that anchor the top of the market.
Smythe Park
The lake-side neighborhood of larger homes and parks nearer the island's center, a step from downtown Daniel Island.
Nobels Point and the Wando waterfront
The deep-water streets along the Wando River. 123 Nobels Point Street sold for $12,500,000 in November 2025.
Daniel Island in facts.
Only what we could verify. Where a number is missing, we would rather leave it out than guess.
| Type | Master-planned island town within the City of Charleston, Berkeley County; private country club |
|---|---|
| 2025 market | Median $2,110,000 (+5.6%), 168 closed sales, 26 days on market (CTAR) |
| Mid-2026 | Single-family median $2,400,000, up more than 40 percent year over year (CTAR, as reported June 2026) |
| November 2025 | $72,000,000 across 23 homes, seven above $4,000,000; highest month in four years |
| Inventory, December 22, 2025 | 117 active listings, 56 under contract |
| Highest sales | 123 Nobels Point Street $12,500,000 (Nov 2025); Old Compass Road, Captain's Island, nearly $10,500,000 (2024); prior record $6,400,000 (2021) |
| Highest listing, 2026 | 344 Bayley Road, Captain's Island, $14,900,000 |
| Captain's Island | Launched 2017, about 100 acres, 99 homes |
Sources
| 2025 median, sales and days on market | The Post and Courier, Jan 16, 2026, 2025 CTAR year-end by submarket www.postandcourier.com/business/real_estate/charleston-sc-homes-price-sale-2026/ |
| November 2025 volume, 123 Nobels Point sale, inventory | The Daniel Island News, Dec 31, 2025 thedanielislandnews.com/node/31754 |
| Mid-2026 median, Captain's Island history, 344 Bayley Road listing | The Post and Courier, Jun 20, 2026 postandcourier.com/business/real_estate/daniel-island-sc-record-house-price/arti |
| Old Compass Road sale and prior record | The Post and Courier, 2024 www.postandcourier.com/business/charleston-sc-home-sale-daniel-island-million-ex |
Daniel Island, answered.
How fast do luxury homes sell on Daniel Island?
Faster than anywhere else in the region's luxury tier. Daniel Island averaged 26 days on market in 2025 across 168 closings, against 52 downtown and 65 on Sullivan's Island. Well-positioned waterfront homes routinely go under contract in the first two weeks.
What is the most expensive home sold on Daniel Island?
123 Nobels Point Street, which sold for $12,500,000 in November 2025. Before that, a home on Old Compass Road in Captain's Island set the island record at nearly $10,500,000 in 2024, up from a prior record of $6,400,000 in 2021. In 2026, 344 Bayley Road on Captain's Island was listed at $14,900,000.
Is Daniel Island in Charleston?
Yes. Daniel Island is within the City of Charleston, in Berkeley County, between the Wando and Cooper rivers, about fifteen minutes from the peninsula by the Ravenel Bridge and the Mark Clark Expressway.
How is Damian Hall Group different from other Daniel Island agents?
DHG works Daniel Island listings alongside the Christie's affiliate for Charleston, and brings the studio, the Southern Escapes audience and the Christie's network to a market where the buyer is usually relocating from the Northeast or the Midwest. The practice works from $2,000,000, which on Daniel Island covers the island's upper half, from Daniel Island Park to the deep-water and Captain's Island tier.
Other submarkets we work.
South of Broad
The oldest addresses in the city, from Broad Street to the Battery, where the regional record was set.
The Historic Peninsula
Everything north of Broad that still has a cobblestone, a courtyard or a harbor view.
Sullivan's Island
The highest median in the region, by design: a town that capped house size, banned short-term rentals and kept the island small.
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