2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Bay City, MI vs Charleston, SC

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- Household income in Charleston, is 82% more than it is in Bay City and is 10% above the National Average.
- Bay City unemployment rate is 8.2%.
- Charleston unemployment rate is 4.0%.
 Bay City, MICharleston, SCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth16.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,141  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$76,556$69,021
 Family Median Income$56,482  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Bay City, MICharleston, SCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock9.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.5%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.5%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock18.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.6%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock11.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Bay City, MICharleston, SCUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock7.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.8%1.2%
 Education, library3.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock3.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.2%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair7.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock7.1%13.1%
Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 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 5 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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