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Milton, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Household income in Sarasota, is 4% less than it is in Milton and is 10% below the National Average.
- Milton unemployment rate is 4.0%.
- Sarasota unemployment rate is 4.6%.

Economy
 Milton, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.0%4.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.9%2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth43.2%44.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$30,263$48,380$37,638
 Household Income$65,410$62,615$69,021
 Family Median Income$70,685$78,851$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Milton, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K6.0%9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.7%4.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.3%11.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.0%8.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.2%8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.8%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K23.9%9.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K19.0%11.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K13.2%14.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K0.3%5.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.7%10.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Milton, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.6%13.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.3%3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%2.0%1.8%
 Legal0.1%1.4%1.2%
 Education, library5.6%5.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.8%3.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.3%5.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.3%4.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement8.0%1.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.2%11.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance10.9%5.6%3.6%
 Personal care2.8%4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.7%20.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.1%8.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.9%7.9%13.1%

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Reviews for Milton    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

the recent collapse of the housing market has made the situation in the job market very dismal. there are some IT jobs thru clearwire that are new tho. If you think you  More

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My experience as a "newcomer" to the Milton area found welcoming business owners, Pensacola Junior College employees, county employees at many offices, and workers at  More

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Over 18 years ago

Very "born and raised", "born again" town. Not friendly to newcomers. Better if you belong to a Fundamentalist/Evangelical church. Otherwise, acceptance into the  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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32570
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34234 34237 34239 34236

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