2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Bedford, NY vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Household income in Charleston, is 50% less than it is in Bedford and is 10% above the National Average.
- Bedford unemployment rate is 6.2%.
- Charleston unemployment rate is 4.0%.
 Bedford, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.2%4.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.7%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth26.5%35.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes4.4%9.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.2%7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$79,571$50,240$37,638
 Household Income$151,827$76,556$69,021
 Family Median Income$176,589$106,321$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Bedford, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.8%9.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.9%3.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.9%5.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K2.1%7.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K3.2%7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.5%6.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K5.6%9.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.9%12.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K11.4%18.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.8%8.7%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K38.9%11.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Bedford, NYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Management, business, finance31.5%21.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.2%7.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.0%1.7%1.8%
 Legal4.3%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library8.4%6.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.5%3.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology9.8%9.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.3%1.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.5%1.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving3.1%6.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.9%2.3%3.6%
 Personal care1.9%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.2%20.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.4%5.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving2.9%7.1%13.1%
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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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