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Austin, TX vs Greenville, SC

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Highlights
- Household income in Greenville, is 24% less than it is in Austin and is 14% below the National Average.
- Austin unemployment rate is 5.1%.
- Greenville unemployment rate is 4.4%.

Economy
 Austin, TXGreenville, SCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.1%4.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.5%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth47.0%39.8%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$48,550$48,837$37,638
 Household Income$78,965$60,388$69,021
 Family Median Income$104,153$92,140$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Austin, TXGreenville, SCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K8.3%13.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.6%3.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.1%9.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.8%8.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.1%8.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.5%6.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.3%9.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.6%11.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.7%11.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.4%6.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K12.7%11.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Austin, TXGreenville, SCUnited States
 Management, business, finance21.9%18.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science13.1%8.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%2.0%1.8%
 Legal2.1%2.6%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%6.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.3%3.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.6%9.1%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.7%2.6%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.0%0.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.6%5.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.9%3.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.5%2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.1%21.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.1%3.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving7.0%9.8%13.1%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

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 Greenville    94 Reviews

My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 2 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
29607 29609 29601 29614

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