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North Charleston, SC
126,005 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4550875 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, North Charleston ranked #229 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is North Charleston and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Beaumont TX, South Bend IN, Roanoke VA, Columbia SC, Charleston SC, Savannah GA, Fayetteville AR, Norman OK, New Bedford MA, Lakeland FL, Kansas City KS, Knoxville TN, Waco TX · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #229 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #291 | #275 | #198 | #200 | #103 | #157 | #105 | #169 | #186 | #224 | #217 | #215 | #209 | #174 | #126 | #261 | #241 | #201 | #229 | #220 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 89,545 | 91,210 | 92,746 | 94,570 | 96,197 | 97,949 | 99,898 | 101,994 | 104,050 | 106,754 | 108,597 | 109,738 | 110,820 | 113,077 | 115,382 | 115,613 | 117,633 | 118,745 | 121,740 | 126,005 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #68 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.8 | — | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +1.8 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.3 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #9 of 269 cities with data · 1st of 9 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | 21.4 | 19.5 | 12.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 12.5 | — | 6.4 | 14.2 | 17.7 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #306 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 27.1% | 25.7% | 25.2% | 24.8% | 25.7% | 25.5% | 25.5% | 26.8% | 25.2% | 28.8% | 28.0% | 30.2% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 24.5% | — | 26.1% | 24.9% | 28.7% | 29.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #272 of 304 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 12.3 | 30.7 | 28.0 | 14.8 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 19.7 | 17.5 | 29.2 | 31.6 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 25.9 | 30.6 | 26.9 | 24.6 | 16.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #251 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 199.9 | 217.1 | 196.2 | 162.8 | 119.5 | 126.6 | 96.1 | 122.6 | 116.3 | 118.0 | 158.4 | 173.1 | 185.9 | 177.8 | 208.0 | 270.7 | 275.4 | 247.6 | 225.9 | 184.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 69,706 | 68,868 | 73,906 | 73,781 | 72,338 | 75,113 | 81,112 | 87,828 | 87,859 | 92,086 | 92,781 | 96,280 | 98,255 | 102,675 | 107,895 | 103,519 | 102,273 | 107,574 | 112,617 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #190 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.1 | -2.3 | -0.1 | -1.4 | +3.0 | +2.6 | +2.7 | +6.2 | -1.5 | +0.7 | -2.9 | -0.1 | -0.2 | +0.6 | +3.6 | -0.3 | -2.9 | -1.4 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45,205 | 46,023 | 50,506 | 48,256 | 50,765 | 49,878 | 55,571 | 56,576 | 60,985 | — | 61,495 | 60,270 | 60,791 | 67,053 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #71 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.9% | 12.9% | 7.1% | 9.8% | 6.7% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 3.5% | 2.7% | — | 5.9% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 3.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #68 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 19% | 27% | 28% | 25% | 17% | 46% | 20% | 14% | 22% | 26% | 20% | 24% | 20% | 23% | 17% | 22% | 27% | 23% | 34% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #119 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $2,022 | $1,947 | $1,994 | $1,852 | $2,433 | $2,100 | $2,051 | $2,492 | $2,207 | $1,917 | $1,871 | $1,632 | $2,305 | $2,068 | $2,230 | $2,285 | $2,458 | $2,482 | $2,147 | $2,132 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for North Charleston. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.