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Fruita, CO vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Rifle, is 14% more than it is in Fruita and is 5% above the National Average.
- Fruita unemployment rate is 7.2%.
- Rifle unemployment rate is 6.0%.

Economy
 Fruita, CORifle, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.2%6.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.5%1.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth38.7%40.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%8.2%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.6%4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$30,147$29,209$37,638
 Household Income$64,029$72,935$69,021
 Family Median Income$75,489$81,327$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Fruita, CORifle, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.1%8.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K10.7%1.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K3.4%3.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.4%9.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.8%6.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.8%7.1%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.9%14.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.4%16.1%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.5%22.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.1%7.1%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.8%2.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Fruita, CORifle, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.9%14.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.7%4.3%6.5%
 Community, social services0.3%0.9%1.8%
 Legal0.0%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library9.6%3.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.7%2.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology10.0%3.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.4%4.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.9%2.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.3%3.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.5%5.9%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%1.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.8%17.0%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.1%15.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving15.8%19.4%13.1%

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Reviews for Fruita    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I moved my Family to Fruit in January of 2013---It has been a very good community to live. It is a pedestrian friendly community and we feel very safe. Only one local  More

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My mother, sister and grandparents lived in Mack close to the railroad and stock pens. They say that our grandparents ran a restaurant/bar near their. Said that the  More

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Over 14 years ago

local politics are controlled by larger city (denver) liberal anti American views. We all know what America stands for and what it is supposed to be, and neither the  More

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Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 7 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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