Cheapest car insurance in Charleston, South Carolina

South Carolina requires minimum liability coverage of 25/50/25, plus uninsured motorist coverage. Rates below are monthly estimates for the 25-55 driver, Full coverage, Fair credit bracket.

Pulled directly from carrier rate filings for this city.

With 155,842 residents, Charleston sits in the mid-size band where carriers file rates regularly but the field of insurers is a bit shorter than in a major metro. The spread here is wide, 48% between the cheapest and priciest insurer we track, which is exactly the kind of gap a flat citywide average would hide. On average, drivers here pay about 25% more than the national baseline we track.

What do you pay now?
#InsurerPosition in spreadMonthly
01 Auto-OwnersFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $191.06
02 USAAFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $201.81
03 GEICOFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $243.87
04 TravelersFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $250.17
05 ProgressiveFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $277.86
06 AllstateFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $304.42
07 State FarmFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $368.49
Rate explainer
Why is your best rate $191.06 and not $209.31?

Charleston is priced against 7 insurers for the 25-55 driver, Full coverage, Fair credit bracket. Below is every step from the national baseline to your best filed rate.

City vs national baseline, adult/full +$2.40
Age bracket, 25-55 +$0.00
Coverage, Full coverage +$0.00
Credit tier, Fair (modeled) +$50.81
Driving record, Clean (modeled) +$0.00
About these numbers

Rows marked filed come from a per-carrier, per-city import. Rows marked state-average estimate are built by spreading a statewide average across insurers until real per-city data is imported. Credit tier and driving record are always modeled adjustments, never filed. Your real premium depends on your record, exact address and chosen limits.