Neighborhood guide

Harleston Village

College blocks, Colonial Lake and quiet side streets. A mixed, walkable district between the college and the Ashley River, with the best price per step on the peninsula.

  • $1.1MSample median sale
  • 26Sample days on market
Harleston Village, Charleston

The shape of the place

Harleston Village runs roughly from Calhoun Street down to Beaufain and west to the Ashley. It holds the College of Charleston, Colonial Lake, the hospital district edge and several hundred houses from the 1780s to the 1930s.

It is the most mixed part of the old peninsula: students on one block, surgeons on the next, families who have been there four decades on the one after that. Prices reflect that variety, which is why buyers who cannot reach South of Broad often land here happily.

What you will find for sale

  • Townhouses and single houses, typically 1,600 to 2,600 sq ft
  • Converted duplexes, many with one unit rented
  • Small condominium buildings from the 1970s and 1980s
  • Student rentals concentrated near the college blocks

The honest balance

Every area trades something. These are the trades in Harleston Village.

Suits you if

  • Walkers and cyclists
  • Buyers wanting an income unit
  • Hospital and college commuters

Worth checking

  • Noise near the college in term time
  • Older electrical in unrenovated houses
  • Street parking pressure on weeknights

Walk to

  • Colonial Lake
  • The College of Charleston
  • Upper King Street
  • The Ashley riverside path

Listings in Harleston Village

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  • The Bull Street Townhouse, 9 Bull StreetFor sale

    The Bull Street Townhouse

    9 Bull Street, Harleston Village

    $1,395,000

    • 3 bed
    • 2.5 bath
    • 2,180 sq ft

    A 1912 townhouse with a deep porch, original mantels and a courtyard that gets morning sun.

  • The Ashley Avenue Flat, 31 Ashley Avenue, Unit BAvailable

    The Ashley Avenue Flat

    31 Ashley Avenue, Unit B, Harleston Village

    $3,200 / month

    • 2 bed
    • 1 bath
    • 1,080 sq ft

    Two bedrooms, a screened sleeping porch and a washer and dryer in the unit.

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