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Palm Beach, FL vs Philadelphia, PA

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- Household income in Philadelphia, is 69% less than it is in Palm Beach and is 31% below the National Average.
- Palm Beach unemployment rate is 4.7%.
- Philadelphia unemployment rate is 10.6%.

Economy
 Palm Beach, FLPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.7%10.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.4%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.6%28.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%8.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%7.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$194,944$32,344$37,638
 Household Income$168,787$52,649$69,021
 Family Median Income$184,018$61,655$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Palm Beach, FLPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.9%17.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.8%5.2%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.2%9.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.0%8.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K2.5%7.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K2.0%7.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K4.2%9.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.8%11.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.2%12.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.2%5.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K46.3%6.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Palm Beach, FLPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance41.9%15.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science1.0%5.8%6.5%
 Community, social services0.0%2.9%1.8%
 Legal3.3%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library1.4%6.3%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment6.1%2.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology11.4%7.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support0.7%6.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.0%3.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving1.5%5.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.9%3.6%3.6%
 Personal care1.9%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.0%19.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair1.7%5.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving4.2%12.0%13.1%

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Reviews for Palm Beach    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

You air quality and some of your others stats must be based on a "Palm Beach County" unless ocean breezes on Palm Beach city qualify as "bad  More

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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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ZIPS IN PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
33480
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19120, 19111, 19124, 19143, 19134, 19149, 19104, 19148, 19140, 19145, 48 total

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