| ECONOMY | North Charleston | Darien | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 7.40% | 7.70% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.28% | -0.79% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 33.16% | 30.72% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.50% | 7.50% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 7.00% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $17,337 | $39,554 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $35,019 | $80,770 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 19.31% | 3.99% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 15.88% | 5.66% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 14.70% | 6.00% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.93% | 10.53% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.10% | 19.92% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 8.05% | 16.81% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 4.58% | 22.22% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.01% | 10.68% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.40% | 3.83% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.03% | 0.34% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 9.22% | 22.24% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 14.64% | 26.03% | 20.61% |
| Service | 19.65% | 8.31% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.32% | 30.27% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.23% | 0.09% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 12.78% | 5.29% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 15.17% | 7.77% | 14.05% |
