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Daniel Island.

The only master-planned island town near Charleston with real urban amenities and a private club to match.

The Ravenel Bridge over Charleston Harbor at sunset
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Daniel Island

The only master-planned island town near Charleston with real urban amenities and a private club to match.

Southern Escapes Score
80/100
Lifestyle & Setting16
Amenities & Club17
Value & Appreciation16
Access & Location17
Exclusivity & Prestige14

Daniel Island is a four-thousand-acre planned town between the Wando and Cooper rivers, with a genuine town center, a waterfront park, and a major ATP tennis stadium, all about fifteen to twenty minutes from downtown. The most upscale section, Daniel Island Park, surrounds the private Daniel Island Club and its two Rees Jones courses. It is the rare new-construction option at this price level, and a real draw for corporate relocators given the employers nearby.

The overall median runs around $1.8M, with single-family homes generally $1.6M to $2M and entry townhomes near $1.1M. The Club's golf membership carries a multi-year waitlist, and confirming current fees is worth doing. The trade is character: it is beautifully executed but planned and suburban, with no ocean and no historic fabric. For a family that wants turn-key luxury, a club, and a true town center, it is the most complete package in the region.

Homes
~$800K to $5M+
The draw
Town center, Rees Jones golf, tennis stadium
Membership
Daniel Island Club, waitlist; fees by inquiry
Why locals rate it
  • New construction with a real, walkable town center
  • Two golf courses and a strong club
  • Family-friendly with excellent on-island schools
What to weigh
  • No beach; fifteen to twenty minutes to the sand
  • Planned and suburban rather than historic
  • Golf membership waitlist can run years
Your Weekend Itinerary

Two architects, one island, and a ferry that makes downtown a boat ride.

Saturday morning

The Daniel Island Club's thirty-six: Fazio's Beresford Creek and Rees Jones' Ralston Creek, the only private club in the country holding signature courses from both.

On the water

The Daniel Island Ferry from River Landing Drive to the downtown waterfront, thirty minutes across the harbor. Take the sunset run home and skip the bridge entirely.

The table

The Kingstide on the Wando, the island's only waterfront dining room, rooftop deck for the golden hour.

The casual

Mpishi for brunch, The Dime for coffee and provisions; both are why islanders stopped apologizing for not going downtown.

The event

Credit One Stadium: WTA tennis every spring and a summer concert calendar that books names the arenas downtown envy.

Currently Offered

What is quietly available, right now.

Inventory inside these gates moves quietly, and the best of it often trades before it is broadly marketed. Ask us what is available in Daniel Island this week, including what has not hit the portals.

Considering Daniel Island?

We know this address from the inside.

Before you tour a single home, an Advisory Conversation tells you whether Daniel Island actually fits the life you are trying to build, and what the move is worth under the new Carolina tax math.