2024 Compare Cities Housing:
Charleston, SC vs Carbondale, IL

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- The median age of a home in Charleston is 38.7% younger than the median age of a home in Carbondale.
 Charleston, SCCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Median Home Age314342
 Median Home Cost$493,200$116,200$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months23.1%14.3%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.67.9%35.0%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.136.5%35.3%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$4.9$20.0$11.0
 Homes Owned48.7%21.3%57.4%
 Housing Vacant13.1%20.1%11.2%
 Homes Rented38.2%58.7%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Charleston, SCCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Average Rent$2,200$1,170$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,550$610$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,590$700$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,790$920$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,230$1,190$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,800$1,340$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Charleston, SCCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Vacant For Rent2.9%8.6%1.9%
 Vacant Rented1.3%2.4%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.5%0.6%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.6%0.0%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation3.8%1.0%3.6%
 Vacant Other4.0%7.5%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Charleston, SCCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Less Than $20,0000.7%6.0%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.7%3.9%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.7%2.8%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.2%11.8%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9990.8%14.9%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9993.0%26.6%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,9994.6%14.9%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99923.0%11.0%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99923.5%1.1%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99911.5%5.0%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,99916.2%2.0%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9997.0%0.0%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9993.9%0.3%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9992.1%0.0%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over2.1%0.0%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Charleston, SCCarbondale, ILUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.3%0.0%0.2%
 2010 to 201420.0%13.7%13.6%
 2000 to 200920.0%13.7%13.6%
 1990 to 199910.6%13.9%13.6%
 1980 to 198912.0%12.7%13.2%
 1970 to 19798.8%18.3%14.8%
 1960 to 196910.6%13.9%13.6%
 1950 to 19595.5%9.5%10.0%
 1940 to 19493.4%2.9%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier11.9%7.0%12.2%
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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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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