2024 Compare Cities Housing:
North Charleston, SC vs Somerset, KY

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- The median age of a home in North Charleston is 56.7% younger than the median age of a home in Somerset.
 North Charleston, SCSomerset, KYUnited States
 Median Home Age304742
 Median Home Cost$272,000$192,700$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months23.1%16.7%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.67.9%49.8%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.136.5%64.4%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$4.5$7.6$11.0
 Homes Owned43.1%42.6%57.4%
 Housing Vacant11.5%12.0%11.2%
 Homes Rented45.4%45.4%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 North Charleston, SCSomerset, KYUnited States
 Average Rent$1,760$980$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,240$530$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,270$610$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,440$800$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,790$990$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,240$1,080$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 North Charleston, SCSomerset, KYUnited States
 Vacant For Rent5.7%5.4%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.4%0.0%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.6%0.5%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.4%0.8%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.4%0.5%3.6%
 Vacant Other3.9%4.8%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 North Charleston, SCSomerset, KYUnited States
 Less Than $20,0004.4%0.8%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9992.8%3.5%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9991.9%4.0%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9992.3%11.9%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9996.1%13.8%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99913.0%28.7%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99918.4%17.3%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99930.9%14.5%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99912.4%1.9%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9994.6%1.0%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,9992.1%0.0%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9990.5%1.8%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9990.0%0.7%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.2%0.0%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over0.3%0.0%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 North Charleston, SCSomerset, KYUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.1%0.0%0.2%
 2010 to 201421.2%14.2%13.6%
 2000 to 200921.2%14.2%13.6%
 1990 to 199912.0%8.6%13.6%
 1980 to 198911.8%12.3%13.2%
 1970 to 197913.3%18.6%14.8%
 1960 to 196912.0%8.6%13.6%
 1950 to 19597.8%15.0%10.0%
 1940 to 19495.4%6.1%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier1.3%13.7%12.2%
Reviews for North Charleston    7 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Truth in lending - I lived in North Charleston for 20+ years, but here's my fair assessment of an area I still consider my home. North Charleston has a great variety of  More

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I move to Charleston from Watertown NY, only move here because my husband wanted to be close to his parents, The heat is horrible, the majority of people are so rude and  More

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I recently relocated here from upstate New York. The crime is out of control at least in my personal opinion. There is a shooting/robbery/car-jacking on the news just  More

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 16 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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