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Concrete Driveway cost in Charleston

How Much Does Concrete Driveway Cost in Charleston, South Carolina?

Concrete Driveway: national installed price range, materials and labor breakdown, and local pricing by ZIP code.

Concrete Driveway in Charleston, South Carolina typically costs $8.91 to $11 per sq ft as of 2026. Prices reflect local labor and material rates. Use our calculator below for a detailed, ZIP-code-adjusted estimate.

Concrete Driveway in Charleston, South Carolina

$8.91 – $11

per sq ft

Prices in Charleston are 8.0% lower than the national average for concrete driveway.

National average: $9.60 – $12 per sq ft

What you get at each price level

  • Basic

    $7.58 – $9.29 per sq ft

    4 in. slab of 3,000 psi concrete on compacted gravel, wire mesh, broom finish, tooled control joints

  • Standard

    $8.91 – $11 per sq ft

    4 in. slab of 3,500 psi concrete on 4 in. compacted base, rebar grid on chairs, broom finish, saw-cut control joints

  • Premium

    $11 – $14 per sq ft

    4 in. slab of 4,000 psi air-entrained concrete, rebar on chairs, 4 in. compacted base, broom finish with troweled borders, saw-cut joints, sealed

Cost Breakdown in Charleston

ComponentCategoryPrice RangeUnit
Materialsmaterial$4.15 – $5.09sq ft
Laborlabor$2.92 – $3.58sq ft
Supplies & Othersupplies$1.10 – $1.35sq ft
Equipment & Disposalequipment$0.74 – $0.90sq ft
Prices adjusted for Charleston local market conditions.

Concrete Driveway photo examples

  • Light gray concrete driveway with a center joint leading up to two white garage doors.

    Newly poured broom-finished concrete driveway with saw-cut joints to a two-car garage

    Photo: https://catalanoconcrete.com/ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Wet gray concrete spread inside wood forms beside a lawn, with sand base in the foreground.

    Concrete driveway slab freshly poured and screeded between wood forms

    Photo: https://catalanoconcrete.com/ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Overhead view of a steel rebar mesh on plastic chairs over a gravel bed, ready for concrete.

    Tied rebar grid raised on supports over gravel before a driveway pour

    Photo: Dig deeper · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  • Wide gray concrete driveway sweeping up to a two-car brick garage surrounded by trees.

    Gray concrete driveway curving to a two-car brick garage

    Photo: LakeMartinVoice · CC BY 2.0 · Source

Cost Factors in Charleston, South Carolina

What Affects Pricing

  • Materials ($4.32-$5.30 per square foot)
  • Labor ($3.36-$4.12 per square foot)
  • Supplies & Other ($9.60-$11.77 per square foot)
  • Equipment & Disposal ($9.60-$11.77 per square foot)

Local Price Adjustments

Material costs4.0% below avg
Labor costs13.0% below avg

Material costs in Charleston run proportionally higher than labor, which may favor labor-intensive approaches.

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