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Jackson, WY vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Household income in Carson City, is 25% less than it is in Jackson and is 11% below the National Average.
- Jackson unemployment rate is 4.2%.
- Carson City unemployment rate is 5.1%.

Economy
 Jackson, WYCarson City, NVUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.2%5.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-1.6%3.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.2%40.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%7.6%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$47,848$34,830$37,638
 Household Income$83,289$62,217$69,021
 Family Median Income$101,080$76,189$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Jackson, WYCarson City, NVUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.4%8.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.5%3.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.6%9.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.3%7.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K3.6%9.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.8%8.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.6%11.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.5%14.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K20.2%14.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.8%6.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.8%5.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Jackson, WYCarson City, NVUnited States
 Management, business, finance23.5%13.7%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.3%4.8%6.5%
 Community, social services2.9%1.5%1.8%
 Legal0.8%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library4.6%5.3%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.7%2.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.0%4.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.4%3.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.4%2.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.9%6.2%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.5%5.4%3.6%
 Personal care5.9%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.0%22.2%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair7.3%9.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.9%14.4%13.1%

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Reviews for Jackson    13 Reviews

I live in Jackson and I can tell you for sure it sucks. I'm currently a student in college so I don't bring in any income but my husband makes about 200,000 a year.....  More

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Over 3 years ago

What a rip-off!!! I had wanted to see Jackson, Wy for many years and found it to be very snooty. The motels were outrageously expensive. The entire city is  More

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Jackson, like so many other wealthy towns, is composed of the wealthy who made their money elsewhere and those who serve them. Those who serve are actually pretty nice  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 2 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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ZIPS IN JACKSON, WYOMING
83001
ZIPS IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA
89701 89706 89703

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