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Columbus, OH vs Fort Pierce, FL

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Highlights
- Household income in Fort Pierce, is 31% less than it is in Columbus and is 71% below the National Average.
- Columbus unemployment rate is 5.7%.
- Fort Pierce unemployment rate is 6.8%.

Economy
 Columbus, OHFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.7%6.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.9%2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.2%36.0%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.5%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.7%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$32,481$21,781$37,638
 Household Income$58,575$40,323$69,021
 Family Median Income$70,630$49,090$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Columbus, OHFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K10.8%16.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.3%7.0%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.4%13.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.0%12.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.7%9.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.9%13.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.6%8.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.5%7.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.3%7.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.2%2.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K4.3%1.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Columbus, OHFort Pierce, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance16.9%10.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science8.0%1.2%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%2.4%1.8%
 Legal1.1%0.6%1.2%
 Education, library5.8%4.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.1%0.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.6%4.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.6%4.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.8%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.0%7.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%4.4%3.6%
 Personal care2.4%3.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.4%29.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%1.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.8%11.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving14.2%13.6%13.1%

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 17 years ago

Entertainment is  More

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Over 17 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total
ZIPS IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
34982 34950 34947 34949 34981 34945

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