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Charleston, SC vs Pacific Grove, CA

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- Pacific Grove is 0% more densely populated than Charleston.
- People are 20.9% more likely to be married in Pacific Grove.
- The Median Age is 12.5 years older in Pacific Grove.
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock15,169329,725,481
 Female Population52.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.5%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4838.4
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 Population - 2010120,760  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock15,522285,036,114
 Population - 199080,414  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-1.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now73.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock5,305.793.4
 Land Area110.6  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.8%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 143.7%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 205.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock2.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3420.2%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5410.7%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock16.3%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.0%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.1%1.9%
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 Race
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 White71.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.7%12.2%
 Asian1.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.2%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock11.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Married Population44.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock45.7%50.2%
 Never Married40.3%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.4%10.8%
 Widowed5.1%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.212.60
 Households63,760  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock3,88580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children29.0%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock53.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households30,561  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock9.5%15.8%
     Single householder, no children10.4%  Unlock10.8%
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 Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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