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East Stroudsburg, PA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Household income in Poughkeepsie, is 18% less than it is in East Stroudsburg and is 41% below the National Average.
- East Stroudsburg unemployment rate is 8.7%.
- Poughkeepsie unemployment rate is 8.5%.

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 East Stroudsburg, PAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate8.7%8.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.1%1.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth26.2%26.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%8.1%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.1%6.2%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$33,076$39,364$37,638
 Household Income$59,262$48,805$69,021
 Family Median Income$71,294$65,045$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 East Stroudsburg, PAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.6%15.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.1%5.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K18.4%11.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.7%8.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.6%10.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.3%7.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.1%8.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.4%10.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K14.4%12.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.3%4.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.2%6.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 East Stroudsburg, PAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.4%11.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science5.3%4.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.8%2.8%1.8%
 Legal0.6%0.9%1.2%
 Education, library5.0%5.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.1%1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.7%5.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support5.1%8.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.2%2.7%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.5%10.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%6.5%3.6%
 Personal care3.8%3.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support25.1%20.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.7%5.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving15.6%9.5%13.1%

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Reviews for East Stroudsburg    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

East Stroudsburg is a wonderful place to live. It's less than 90 minutes to NYC. We have beautiful mountain views. There are many beautiful communities with big  More

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I grew up in East Stroudsburg, PA and then my dad went into the ARMY so we moved around a lot. I took my husband up to where I am from and he fell in love with it. My  More

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Over 15 years ago

The Bad:East Stroudsburg (Eastburg to the locals) is a suburb of NYC. I moved here from St. Louis 3 yrs ago. The place has the crime, poor schools, and (surprisingly)  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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