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Berea, KY vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Boulder, is 50% more than it is in Berea and is 8% above the National Average.
- Berea unemployment rate is 4.5%.
- Boulder unemployment rate is 5.1%.

Economy
 Berea, KYBoulder, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.5%5.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.1%2.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.7%44.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%8.8%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$23,930$52,057$37,638
 Household Income$49,974$74,902$69,021
 Family Median Income$54,695$134,583$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Berea, KYBoulder, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K13.2%13.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.5%3.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K10.4%8.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.6%5.6%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K12.3%6.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.0%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K13.8%7.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.6%9.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K9.9%13.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.4%9.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K1.3%17.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Berea, KYBoulder, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.7%18.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.2%16.9%6.5%
 Community, social services3.2%1.5%1.8%
 Legal1.0%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library6.2%10.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.2%4.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.1%4.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.5%2.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.0%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.6%8.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.8%1.1%3.6%
 Personal care5.8%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.2%17.5%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.6%2.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving17.1%6.0%13.1%

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Reviews for Berea    3 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Berea is a great community and wonderful place to live. It is a small town atmosphere with beautiful mountains to hike and crafts to see. It is convenient to Lexington  More

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Over 18 years ago

Berea is a wonderful community were people greet you with a friendly smile. Located at exit 76 on I75 it is 45 minutes from Lexington Ky and 2 hrs out of Knoxville Tn.  More

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Over 18 years ago

berea is ok has a college, farming and decent  More

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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ZIPS IN BEREA, KENTUCKY
40403 40461 40404
ZIPS IN BOULDER, COLORADO
80302 80304 80301 80303 80305 80310

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