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United States / South Carolina

Charleston City Intelligence

Charleston is a historic port city on Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Its well-preserved architecture, the City Market and the Battery, Gullah heritage, and harbor setting with Fort Sumter make it a strong anchor for local-first exploration and nearby weekend trips. Charleston is a south carolina city of about Pending integration in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Charleston sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (50/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
Pending integration
View of Charleston, United States

Image credit: Image: Khanrak / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.

Overall50/100
Affordability50/100
Air quality50/100
Energy50/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

50/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Charleston data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Charleston city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score50/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living50/100Charleston's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality50/100Charleston's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy50/100Charleston's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety50/100Charleston's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed50/100Charleston's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk50/100Charleston's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience50/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety75/100
Low crime76/100
Personal safety77/100
Night safety73/100
Road safety73/100

Charleston is estimated to be a generally safe city (75/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life76/100
Healthcare83/100
Education85/100
Green space57/100
Cleanliness79/100
Infrastructure86/100
Mobility61/100

Charleston has a high quality-of-life estimate (76/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness74/100
Education85/100
Green space57/100
Overall safety75/100

Charleston scores high for family living (74/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability64/100
Walkability64/100
Cycling53/100
Infrastructure86/100

Charleston is moderate for remote workers (64/100), based on connectivity, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability72/100
Healthcare83/100
Cleanliness79/100
Outdoor lifestyle44/100

Charleston is high for retirement (72/100), appealing for healthcare access, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Charleston

Local public safety guidance for Charleston, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Charleston, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Charleston

Healthcare context for Charleston, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Charleston, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Charleston

Local mobility context for Charleston, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Charleston, see the United States transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Charleston. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Charleston

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Charleston will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Charleston air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Charleston modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Charleston

Charleston's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Charleston

Charleston's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Charleston

Charleston's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Charleston

Charleston's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Charleston

Charleston's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Charleston

Charleston's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Charleston

Cost of living estimates for Charleston — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Charleston

Climate profile for Charleston — Humid Subtropical climate, annual average 20.8°C, comfort score 75/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Charleston

Economy and jobs profile for Charleston — regional center, economy score 81/100, key industries including technology, aerospace, tourism. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Charleston

Education profile for Charleston — regional education center, education score 69/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Charleston

Healthcare and retirement profile for Charleston — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 60/100, retirement score 63/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Charleston

Source-attributed visual context for Charleston using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Charleston

Weekend trip planning checklist for Charleston — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Charleston

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Charleston

Estimate a monthly budget for Charleston using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Charleston

Plan a trip budget for Charleston using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Charleston

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Charleston. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Savannah, United States

Coastal cluster · about 137 km from Charleston. Explore Savannah's city intelligence profile.

Columbia, United States

Coastal cluster · about 170 km from Charleston. Explore Columbia's city intelligence profile.

Augusta, United States

Same corridor · about 205 km from Charleston. Explore Augusta's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Charleston — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Charleston — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (50/100) and air quality (50/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (50/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Charleston appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.