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Austin, TX vs Boise City, ID

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Highlights
- Household income in Boise City, is 13% less than it is in Austin and is 1% below the National Average.
- Austin unemployment rate is 5.1%.
- Boise City unemployment rate is 3.6%.

Economy
 Austin, TXBoise City, IDUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.1%3.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.5%3.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth47.0%50.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$48,550$40,056$37,638
 Household Income$78,965$68,373$69,021
 Family Median Income$104,153$86,993$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Austin, TXBoise City, IDUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K8.3%7.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.6%3.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.1%8.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.8%9.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.1%7.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.5%7.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.3%10.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.6%13.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.7%15.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.4%7.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K12.7%8.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Austin, TXBoise City, IDUnited States
 Management, business, finance21.9%19.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science13.1%9.4%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%1.7%1.8%
 Legal2.1%1.6%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%6.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.3%2.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.6%6.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.7%2.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.0%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.6%6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.9%2.9%3.6%
 Personal care2.5%2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.1%20.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.1%6.6%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving7.0%8.9%13.1%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN BOISE CITY, IDAHO
83709 83704 83706 83713 83705 83702 83716 83703 83712

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