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Columbia vs Mount Pleasant

Columbia, SC compared with Mount Pleasant, SC · 104 miles apart

Columbia has 147,035 residents to Mount Pleasant’s 95,469. Columbia comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, price to income. Mount Pleasant does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Columbia, SC Mount Pleasant, SC
Population 147,035 95,469
Density (per sq mi) 1,055 1,918
Median household income $55,529 $124,755
Median home value $264,300 $748,500
Median rent $1,204 $2,159
Homeownership 45.5% 73.6%
Average commute 17.7 min 24.9 min
Median age 28.6 42.6
Bachelor's degree + 45.9% 68.4%
Poverty rate 24% 6.1%
Unemployment 7.5% 3.3%
Price to income 4.8×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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