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Fountain Inn, SC vs Anderson, SC

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- Household income in Anderson, is 48% less than it is in Fountain Inn and is 84% below the National Average.
- Fountain Inn unemployment rate is 4.2%.
- Anderson unemployment rate is 5.6%.
 Fountain Inn, SCAnderson, SCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth33.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,283  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$37,439$69,021
 Family Median Income$74,391  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Fountain Inn, SCAnderson, SCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock18.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock14.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.1%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.2%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock10.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.9%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Fountain Inn, SCAnderson, SCUnited States
 Management, business, finance16.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock6.3%6.5%
 Community, social services3.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.4%1.2%
 Education, library4.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock3.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.6%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.1%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock21.1%13.1%
Reviews for Fountain Inn    1 Reviews

Me and my husband moved from CA in late 2018 to Fountain Inn, SC. We absolutely love it here so far. We live within walking distance to downtown where they hold an  More

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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 16 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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