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Charlotte, NC

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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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.

AFFORD 91HOUSIN 60JOBS 76SAFETY 36CLIMAT 100AMENIT 64

The Charlotte fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,736/mo

Typical rent

$1,560/mo

Home value ÷ income

5.1×

Score breakdown

Affordability
91
Housing
60
Jobs
76
Safety
36
Climate
100
Amenities
64

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
Buying instead of renting? North Carolina's effective property tax runs about 0.73% of home value per year (≈$243/mo on the median $400,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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