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Sweet Home, OR vs Ridgecrest, CA

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Highlights
- Household income in Ridgecrest, is 64% more than it is in Sweet Home and is 11% above the National Average.
- Sweet Home unemployment rate is 6.8%.
- Ridgecrest unemployment rate is 4.1%.

Economy
 Sweet Home, ORRidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.8%4.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.4%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth40.7%26.0%33.5%
 Sales Taxes0.0%8.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes9.0%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$22,540$36,966$37,638
 Household Income$47,229$77,534$69,021
 Family Median Income$54,080$91,994$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Sweet Home, ORRidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K15.3%11.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.6%3.1%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.4%5.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K18.0%6.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.4%7.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K11.8%7.3%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.0%9.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.8%12.8%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K9.2%19.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.1%10.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K0.4%8.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Sweet Home, ORRidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance8.0%14.1%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science1.2%20.3%6.5%
 Community, social services1.4%3.4%1.8%
 Legal0.0%0.0%1.2%
 Education, library4.6%5.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.0%1.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.7%3.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support6.9%3.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%3.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.7%4.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.9%1.9%3.6%
 Personal care1.4%2.5%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support16.3%16.6%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry4.8%0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair14.9%6.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving25.0%12.2%13.1%

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Reviews for Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 6 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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Reviews for Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 12 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More

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ZIPS IN SWEET HOME, OREGON
97386
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93555

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