2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Charleston, SC vs Harrisburg, NC

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Is it cheaper to live in Harrisburg or is it cheaper to live in Charleston?
- Harrisburg is 14.6% less expensive than Charleston.

Which city has more affordable housing, Harrisburg or Charleston?
- Harrisburg housing costs are 3.8% less expensive than Charleston housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Charleston or is Health Care more affordable in Harrisburg.
- Health related expenses are 1.2% less in Harrisburg.
 Charleston, SCHarrisburg, NCUnited States
 Overall  Unlock95.7100
 Food & Groceries105.6  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock95.3100
 Housing132.5  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$482,600$338,100
 Utilities102  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock88.2100
 Miscellaneous93.7  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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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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Reviews for Harrisburg    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived in Harrisburg, NC since 2002. I moved here from a suburb of Detroit. I wanted to live in an area that was close to Charlotte, but still had a small town  More

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Over 13 years ago

great pricing on homes here.  More

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Over 17 years ago

You are only bored if you are boring. If you can't find anything to do this close to Charlotte...you have  More

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