2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Americus, GA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Household income in Raleigh, is 121% more than it is in Americus and is 5% above the National Average.
- Americus unemployment rate is 5.8%.
- Raleigh unemployment rate is 4.3%.
 Americus, GARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.8%4.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.6%3.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.1%44.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.0%7.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.8%5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$19,010$42,632$37,638
 Household Income$33,069$72,996$69,021
 Family Median Income$41,250$95,393$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Americus, GARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K25.4%7.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.8%2.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K15.4%7.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K17.3%9.2%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K5.1%7.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.2%6.7%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.7%10.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.2%12.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K7.6%17.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.0%8.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K1.3%10.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Americus, GARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Management, business, finance8.6%21.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science8.3%10.4%6.5%
 Community, social services2.2%1.7%1.8%
 Legal0.9%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library5.6%6.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.4%2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.4%5.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.0%2.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement5.9%1.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.7%5.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.9%2.8%3.6%
 Personal care1.7%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support26.4%21.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.8%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.0%5.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving20.4%8.2%13.1%
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I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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