City comparison
Brooklyn Park, MN is about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from North Charleston, SC in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 23 hours (about 2 days at 10 h/day) behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Brooklyn Park, MN to North Charleston, SC takes about 2 h 12 min, covering roughly 1,100 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Brooklyn Park, MN is on Central Time and North Charleston, SC is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Brooklyn Park, it's 1 p.m. in North Charleston, which puts Brooklyn Park 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
North Charleston has a population of 115,755, vs 84,951 in Brooklyn Park — about 1.4× larger by population. By land area, North Charleston covers about 78 sq mi vs 26 sq mi for Brooklyn Park.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Brooklyn Park | North Charleston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,244/mo | $1,288/mo | 3.5% higher in North Charleston |
| Median home value | $289,400 | $243,300 | 18.9% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Median household income | $82,271 | $58,534 | 40.6% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 96.5 | 6.1% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Utilities index | 93.3 | 88.8 | 5.1% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Transportation index | 103.7 | 98.5 | 5.3% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Healthcare index | 103.9 | 98.0 | 6.1% higher in Brooklyn Park |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Brooklyn Park, you'd need $100,028 in North Charleston to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Brooklyn Park and North Charleston have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 7% higher in North Charleston than in Brooklyn Park. If you earn $80,000 in Brooklyn Park, you'd need about $80,023 in North Charleston to keep the same standard of living.