2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Raleigh, NC vs Greenville, NC

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Highlights
- Household income in Greenville, is 40% less than it is in Raleigh and is 57% below the National Average.
- Raleigh unemployment rate is 4.3%.
- Greenville unemployment rate is 4.9%.
 Raleigh, NCGreenville, NCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.3%4.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.0%1.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth44.2%32.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.3%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.3%5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$42,632$28,424$37,638
 Household Income$72,996$44,064$69,021
 Family Median Income$95,393$64,356$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Raleigh, NCGreenville, NCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.4%18.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.8%5.0%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.4%9.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.2%12.3%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.8%10.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.7%7.7%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.0%8.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.9%11.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.0%9.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.6%4.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K10.2%4.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Raleigh, NCGreenville, NCUnited States
 Management, business, finance21.6%11.1%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science10.4%5.1%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%1.7%1.8%
 Legal1.8%1.0%1.2%
 Education, library6.2%9.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.7%1.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.8%9.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.3%5.6%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%1.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.1%9.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.8%3.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.4%2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.7%20.9%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.7%3.3%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving8.2%13.4%13.1%
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 8 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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