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Charlotte, NC
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC
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gross metro product
$156.7B
population
2.6M
median household income
$62,765
median home price
$250,000
cost of living
1% below nat'l avg
college attainment
35.5%
net migration
7,810 (year: 2018)
unemployment
3.8%
As of October 2019
population
919.0K
median home price
$375,000
cost of living
100
As of May 2023
Charlotte has become a major U.S. financial center, and is now the second largest banking center in the United States after New York City. Nicknamed the Queen City, Charlotte and its resident county are named in honor of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of British King George III during the time of the city's founding. Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers of the NFL, the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the U.S. National Whitewater Center. A number of notable universities
and colleges are based in Charlotte such as Johnson & Wales University, Queens University of Charlotte, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte School of Law, York Technical College, Clinton Junior College, Winthrop University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Bustling banking and business center of 919,000 in the Piedmont Plateau center of the Carolinas. Median home price of $375,000, at national median. Cost of living at national average. PROS: Good climate and air quality. No state income tax on Social Security. No estate/inheritance tax. Good ratio of doctors per capita. Somewhat bikeable. Relatively moderate FEMA natural hazards risk. CONS: Serious crime rate above national average. Not very walkable. NOTED: Elevation 760 feet. County voted Democratic in 2020 presidential
election. On list last year. TRIVIA: Charlotte caught up in country's first gold rush in 1799 when big gold nugget was found nearby.
Sources: Moody's Analytics; Sperling's BestPlaces; U.S. Census.
Numbers as of October 2019
a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a median-priced single-family home. An index above 100 signifies that the family has surplus income.
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