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Ellicott City, MD vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Boulder, is 45% less than it is in Ellicott City and is 8% above the National Average.
- Ellicott City unemployment rate is 4.5%.
- Boulder unemployment rate is 5.1%.

Economy
 Ellicott City, MDBoulder, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.5%5.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.7%2.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.2%44.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%8.8%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$59,690$52,057$37,638
 Household Income$136,234$74,902$69,021
 Family Median Income$162,927$134,583$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Ellicott City, MDBoulder, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.6%13.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.1%3.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K3.4%8.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.7%5.6%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K3.6%6.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.2%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.1%7.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.0%9.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.0%13.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K14.9%9.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K30.4%17.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Ellicott City, MDBoulder, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance24.0%18.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science20.7%16.9%6.5%
 Community, social services2.6%1.5%1.8%
 Legal2.3%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library8.8%10.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.4%4.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.4%4.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.1%2.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving3.1%8.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.5%1.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.4%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support13.9%17.5%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.1%2.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving4.2%6.0%13.1%

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Reviews for Ellicott City    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Ellicott City has many great  More

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Plenty of jobs in Washington, DC. and Baltimore areas. Low unemployment. Education and recreation is a top priority with most families here. Relatively high standard of  More

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Over 17 years ago

Ellicott City, MD is west of Baltimore City, north of Washington, DC, east of Frederick, MD. We are close to BWI, and DC airports. There are a couple of big malls for  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 ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND
21043 21042 21163
ZIPS IN BOULDER, COLORADO
80302 80304 80301 80303 80305 80310

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