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Colonia, NJ vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Household income in Carrboro, is 30% less than it is in Colonia and is 10% above the National Average.
- Colonia unemployment rate is 6.9%.
- Carrboro unemployment rate is 3.2%.
 Colonia, NJCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.9%3.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.1%2.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth27.2%39.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.6%7.5%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.5%5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$44,303$43,407$37,638
 Household Income$109,331$76,599$69,021
 Family Median Income$126,460$102,654$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Colonia, NJCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.9%9.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.5%4.0%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.0%7.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K1.9%8.5%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K3.3%5.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.8%7.6%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.8%7.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.7%17.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K23.1%13.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K14.0%7.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K18.1%12.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Colonia, NJCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Management, business, finance18.6%13.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science9.5%16.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.5%3.5%1.8%
 Legal1.3%1.6%1.2%
 Education, library8.1%21.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.8%3.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.9%7.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.3%2.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.7%0.1%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving2.5%4.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.8%0.2%3.6%
 Personal care1.7%1.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support25.4%14.6%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.2%4.6%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving8.8%3.8%13.1%
Reviews for Colonia    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Colonia is a nice place to live, great neighbors and a nice place overall. This is of course a district of Woodbridge Township, which has a higher amount of crime than  More

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 14 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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