2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Columbia, MS vs Raleigh, MS

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Highlights
- Household income in Raleigh, is 9% less than it is in Columbia and is 216% below the National Average.
- Columbia unemployment rate is 6.2%.
- Raleigh unemployment rate is 4.8%.
 Columbia, MSRaleigh, MSUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth31.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$14,780  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$21,837$69,021
 Family Median Income$31,678  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Columbia, MSRaleigh, MSUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock30.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K12.8%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock18.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.6%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock3.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K2.6%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K6.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock10.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K0.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Columbia, MSRaleigh, MSUnited States
 Management, business, finance4.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.7%6.5%
 Community, social services5.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library1.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology1.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock6.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement4.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support24.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.7%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.1%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock45.2%13.1%
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Reviews for Raleigh    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

This place is a dump. Every stereotype you’ve ever heard about in Mississippi is here, the kind of people that still use the”N” word on a regular basis. Scary place to  More

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Over 15 years ago

Though I may have a Forest zip code, I go to school in a small town known as Raleigh. To many people this is an absolute nothing town. But to many others, we call it  More

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