2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Madison, MS vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Household income in Charleston, is 36% less than it is in Madison and is 10% above the National Average.
- Madison unemployment rate is 3.7%.
- Charleston unemployment rate is 4.0%.
 Madison, MSCharleston, SCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.7%4.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.0%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.1%35.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%9.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$53,783$50,240$37,638
 Household Income$119,662$76,556$69,021
 Family Median Income$136,250$106,321$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Madison, MSCharleston, SCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K1.7%9.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.7%3.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K2.9%5.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.5%7.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.2%7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.4%6.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K7.4%9.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.6%12.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K22.8%18.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K13.9%8.7%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K23.9%11.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Madison, MSCharleston, SCUnited States
 Management, business, finance23.8%21.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.9%7.9%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%1.7%1.8%
 Legal3.4%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library9.3%6.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.2%3.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology14.8%9.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.5%1.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.7%1.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving2.1%6.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.4%2.3%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.1%20.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.8%5.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving4.1%7.1%13.1%
Reviews for Madison    19 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Forget everything you've heard about Mississippi. In 30 years, Madison and Ridgeland, sister cities, have grown from being whistle stop railroad communities into two of  More

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Madison is a beautiful city. I have been leaving here for 1year. Love it!! It's safe and has best school system in Mississippi.  More

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The Madison County area just north of Jackson is a growning community with excellent school systems both public and private. This provides oppportunity to select the  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 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 4 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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