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Absecon, NJ vs New York, NY

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- Household income in New York, is 8% more than it is in Absecon and is 2% above the National Average.
- Absecon unemployment rate is 11.6%.
- New York unemployment rate is 11.2%.
 Absecon, NJNew York, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock11.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth19.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock10.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$41,365  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$70,663$69,021
 Family Median Income$78,871  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Absecon, NJNew York, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock13.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock7.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.4%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.1%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock15.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock13.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Absecon, NJNew York, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.4%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock5.5%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock2.1%1.2%
 Education, library10.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock4.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock6.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement5.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.7%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.6%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.1%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock8.9%13.1%
Reviews for Absecon    2 Reviews

Property taxes in Atlantic County at totally out of control. The general tax rate for Absecon in 2005 was 3.694%. If you believe inflation is about 2.5% then your house  More

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Over 19 years ago

Our propertyt taxes are to  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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