Waverly Homes for Sale Near Downtown Columbia

Community Highlights

Waverly presents one of Columbia's more flexible in-town real estate profiles. Current MLS activity ranges from a 3-acre mixed-use tract on Gervais Street to small single-family homes, triplex inventory, and brand-new duplex construction, so the neighborhood reads less like a uniform subdivision and more like a central-city district where location drives value. Prices currently stretch from a $23,000 residential lot to a $2.5 million redevelopment parcel, underscoring how much variety fits inside the Waverly name.

The neighborhood's biggest advantage is access. Listings repeatedly position Waverly addresses within minutes of downtown Columbia, the University of South Carolina, Five Points, Williams-Brice Stadium, the medical school, and major employment centers. That recurring geography gives the area relevance as both a residential address and an income-property location. Single-family offerings in the current MLS run from compact homes under 600 square feet to a 1,431-square-foot house, while multifamily inventory reaches about 2,290 square feet and includes duplex and triplex formats.

Amenities & Lifestyle

Subdivision-style amenities are not the story here. Instead, Waverly is marketed around city convenience: connected streets, public transportation access, sidewalk-lined blocks, and quick reach to shopping and dining. The housing stock spans from 1940s and 1960s addresses to 2025 infill, which creates a mix of older homes, updated interiors, and redevelopment opportunities in the same pocket of Columbia.

Architecturally, the clearest signals are practical rather than ornamental. Basements appear in 37.5 percent of current records, while garages, pools, and waterfront features are absent from this MLS set. One renovated brick home on Magnolia Street highlights covered-porch character, a fireplace, and recent kitchen and bath updates, while newer construction on Stark Street brings open-plan living and natural light. Median lot size sits around 6,969 square feet, although the Gervais tract pushes the upper end to roughly three acres.

Location & Schools

School assignments most often point to Carver-Lyon Elementary, Perry Middle, and Johnson High, with some addresses tied to Crayton Middle and A.C. Flora High instead. That variation matches the neighborhood's in-town footprint and mixed housing pattern. Waverly stands out as a close-in Columbia neighborhood where proximity to downtown and the university meets a broad spread of property types, from renovation-ready houses to income property and land with redevelopment scale.