South · North Carolina · pop 911K
Charlotte, NC
Good match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in NC, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,128 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,326 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,392 left over.
Expect summer highs near 90°F, winter lows around 32°F, and about 215 sunny days a year.
The job market looks healthy: 3.5% unemployment and 2.7% job growth over the past year.
Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.
The Charlotte fit print
Est. monthly cost
$3,736/mo
Typical rent
$1,560/mo
Home value ÷ income
5.1×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,470/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $1,560/mo
- Median home value
- $400,000
- Median household income
- $78,000
- Population
- 911,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 2.7%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 720
- Property crime rate
- 3,700
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 90°F
- Avg. winter low
- 32°F
- Sunny days / year
- 215
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈13/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈62/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈7/yr
- Annual rain
- 43"
- Annual snow
- 3"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- D+35
- Int'l airport
- ≈8 mi
- Walkability
- 26/100
- Disaster risk
- 44/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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