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Charleston, SC vs Colorado Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Colorado Springs, is 6% less than it is in Charleston and is 4% above the National Average.
- Charleston unemployment rate is 4.0%.
- Colorado Springs unemployment rate is 6.8%.

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 Charleston, SCColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.0%6.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.7%4.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth35.9%48.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.0%8.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.0%4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$50,240$37,979$37,638
 Household Income$76,556$71,957$69,021
 Family Median Income$106,321$86,333$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Charleston, SCColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K9.1%7.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.6%3.2%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.8%6.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.4%8.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.2%8.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.2%7.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.6%10.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.3%14.2%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K18.6%17.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.7%8.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K11.6%7.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Charleston, SCColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance21.3%16.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science7.9%8.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%2.2%1.8%
 Legal1.8%0.9%1.2%
 Education, library6.7%6.5%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.0%2.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology9.4%6.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.5%3.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.5%2.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.7%5.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.3%3.4%3.6%
 Personal care2.4%2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.7%20.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.7%7.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving7.1%9.4%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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Reviews for Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  More

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ZIPS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29412, 29414, 29407, 29403, 29455, 29492, 29401, 29450, 29409, 29424, 10 total
ZIPS IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total

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