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Saratoga Springs, NY vs Charleston, SC

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- Household income in Charleston, is 15% less than it is in Saratoga Springs and is 10% above the National Average.
- Saratoga Springs unemployment rate is 5.0%.
- Charleston unemployment rate is 4.0%.

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 Saratoga Springs, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.0%4.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.6%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth26.6%35.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%9.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.2%7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$52,749$50,240$37,638
 Household Income$90,020$76,556$69,021
 Family Median Income$127,049$106,321$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Saratoga Springs, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.5%9.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.0%3.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.3%5.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.8%7.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K5.9%7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.3%6.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.7%9.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.1%12.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K20.7%18.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.5%8.7%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K13.3%11.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Saratoga Springs, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.5%21.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science10.7%7.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%1.7%1.8%
 Legal1.2%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library10.7%6.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.7%3.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology10.2%9.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.3%1.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.3%1.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.7%6.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.3%2.3%3.6%
 Personal care3.2%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.6%20.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.4%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.2%5.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving5.5%7.1%13.1%

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Reviews for Saratoga Springs    22 Reviews

I grew up in Saratoga and moved out in my late 20’s. I only live about 20 minutes from there now, so I go there sometimes. Downtown Saratoga is very nice. Broadway, the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I came from buffalo New York home of the chicken wings and forgot my phone in the uber the people at the concert were very nice they let me and my friend and I leave and  More

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Saratoga springs is one of the safest cities to live in. You don't really have to worry about getting shot, mugged, assaulted (Those things do happen, but no where near  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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