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North Myrtle Beach, SC vs North Charleston, SC

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- Household income in North Charleston, is 19% less than it is in North Myrtle Beach and is 32% below the National Average.
- North Myrtle Beach unemployment rate is 6.3%.
- North Charleston unemployment rate is 5.5%.

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 North Myrtle Beach, SCNorth Charleston, SCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.3%5.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.6%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth40.5%34.3%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.0%9.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.0%7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$44,721$29,857$37,638
 Household Income$64,417$52,264$69,021
 Family Median Income$87,074$66,481$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 North Myrtle Beach, SCNorth Charleston, SCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.8%10.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.1%5.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K13.5%11.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.6%10.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.8%9.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.7%8.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.8%10.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.9%12.6%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K18.2%11.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.0%5.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.6%3.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 North Myrtle Beach, SCNorth Charleston, SCUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.3%13.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.9%5.6%6.5%
 Community, social services1.4%1.7%1.8%
 Legal0.6%0.6%1.2%
 Education, library3.8%4.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.4%1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.6%6.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.9%2.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.0%1.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving11.4%6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.7%5.6%3.6%
 Personal care1.2%2.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support27.7%19.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.2%13.3%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.6%13.9%13.1%

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Reviews for North Myrtle Beach    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

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Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More

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Reviews for North Charleston    7 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Truth in lending - I lived in North Charleston for 20+ years, but here's my fair assessment of an area I still consider my home. North Charleston has a great variety of  More

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I move to Charleston from Watertown NY, only move here because my husband wanted to be close to his parents, The heat is horrible, the majority of people are so rude and  More

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I recently relocated here from upstate New York. The crime is out of control at least in my personal opinion. There is a shooting/robbery/car-jacking on the news just  More

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