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Greenville, SC vs Graham, NC

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- Household income in Graham, is 25% less than it is in Greenville and is 53% below the National Average.
- Greenville unemployment rate is 4.4%.
- Graham unemployment rate is 4.5%.
 Greenville, SCGraham, NCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$48,837  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$45,152$69,021
 Family Median Income$92,140  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Greenville, SCGraham, NCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock14.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.5%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock13.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock10.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock8.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock1.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Greenville, SCGraham, NCUnited States
 Management, business, finance18.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock5.2%6.5%
 Community, social services2.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.1%1.2%
 Education, library6.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology9.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock3.6%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.8%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.1%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.8%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock21.1%13.1%
Reviews for Greenville    94 Reviews

My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 3 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  More

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Reviews for Graham    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am black and a Marine Veteran and why anyone would want to live in Graham is beyond me you could cut the racial tension in the air with a butter knife. In retrospect  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am originally from Overland Park, KS...a suburb of the greater downtown Kansas City Metro area. I am now 32, and up until a year and a half ago, I lived in the Kansas  More

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Over 19 years ago

I was told when I was considering moving to Graham to think of Mayberry 40 years later. This a pretty good description of Graham. It is a very conservative town, where  More

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