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Beacon, NY vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- Household income in New York, is 24% less than it is in Beacon and is 2% above the National Average.
- Beacon unemployment rate is 5.8%.
- New York unemployment rate is 11.2%.

Economy
 Beacon, NYNew York, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.8%11.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.3%0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth28.1%30.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.1%8.9%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.2%10.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$44,973$43,952$37,638
 Household Income$92,676$70,663$69,021
 Family Median Income$104,587$80,220$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Beacon, NYNew York, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.7%13.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.1%4.1%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.7%7.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.1%6.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.8%6.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.2%6.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K5.9%8.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.9%11.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K19.6%15.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K12.1%8.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K13.8%13.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Beacon, NYNew York, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.0%17.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.8%5.5%6.5%
 Community, social services2.9%2.1%1.8%
 Legal1.4%2.1%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%6.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment7.9%4.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.2%5.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.5%6.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.6%2.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.0%5.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.5%4.1%3.6%
 Personal care3.2%3.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.4%19.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.5%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.8%5.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving5.6%8.9%13.1%

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Reviews for Beacon    13 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Forget the negative reviews of Beacon. Those are old and the city has changed so much. Beacon is quaint, friendly, and growing so much. There's so much to see and do  More

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Great shopping they said, cute town, great art, lots of culture, amazing antique stores, fashionable and chic, a home away from home for Brooklyn and NYC denizens.  More

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Over 7 years ago

So this town had a lot of potential and I decided to visit ultimately buying a condo. It was a town in transition 7 yrs ago.....now it is growing into a hipster arts  More

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Reviews for New York    331 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 3 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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