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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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- Household income in Half Moon Bay, is 137% more than it is in South Lake Tahoe and is 50% above the National Average.
- South Lake Tahoe unemployment rate is 6.3%.
- Half Moon Bay unemployment rate is 5.0%.

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 South Lake Tahoe, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.3%5.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.7%1.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.3%37.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.8%8.8%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$39,807$67,975$37,638
 Household Income$57,976$137,346$69,021
 Family Median Income$79,047$169,286$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 South Lake Tahoe, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K10.1%4.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.1%1.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K9.8%4.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.8%4.3%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.2%4.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.8%2.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.7%4.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.7%7.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K16.2%22.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.5%12.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K7.1%31.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 South Lake Tahoe, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance10.5%26.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.9%7.3%6.5%
 Community, social services0.8%1.0%1.8%
 Legal0.2%2.3%1.2%
 Education, library3.0%5.9%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.2%4.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.9%2.2%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.0%2.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.8%1.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving13.2%5.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.5%5.4%3.6%
 Personal care6.1%2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.0%18.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.9%0.7%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.2%3.5%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.9%10.0%13.1%

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 4 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 18 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 19 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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