Personal finance website WalletHub today released its study on 2026's Best & Worst Places to Raise a Family and Charleston ranked as being the 8th best in the country.
To create the rankings, WalletHub compared more than 180 cities across 45 key metrics. The data set ranges from housing affordability to school-system quality to the unemployment rate.
Raising a Family in Charleston (1=Best; 91=Avg.):
- Overall Rank: 8th
- 4th – Median Family Salary (Adjusted for Cost of Living)
- 96th – Housing Affordability
- 72nd – Unemployment Rate
- 14th – % of Two-Parent Families
- 28th – Number of Attractions
- 28th – % of Families Living in Poverty
- 42nd – Separation & Divorce Rate
- 50th – Violent-Crime Rate per Capita
To see the full report, click here.