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Berkeley, CA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Household income in Poughkeepsie, is 50% less than it is in Berkeley and is 41% below the National Average.
- Berkeley unemployment rate is 5.1%.
- Poughkeepsie unemployment rate is 8.5%.

Economy
 Berkeley, CAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.1%8.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.4%1.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.3%26.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.3%8.1%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%6.2%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$56,168$39,364$37,638
 Household Income$97,834$48,805$69,021
 Family Median Income$156,940$65,045$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Berkeley, CAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K10.6%15.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.8%5.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.2%11.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.1%8.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.6%10.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.4%7.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.4%8.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.4%10.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K14.8%12.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.4%4.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K24.1%6.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Berkeley, CAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.4%11.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science18.6%4.9%6.5%
 Community, social services2.4%2.8%1.8%
 Legal2.8%0.9%1.2%
 Education, library13.2%5.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment7.1%1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.4%5.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.9%8.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.1%2.7%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving3.9%10.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.8%6.5%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%3.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support14.0%20.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.5%5.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving4.3%9.5%13.1%

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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
12601

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