2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Anderson, SC vs Jasper, GA

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Highlights
- Household income in Jasper, is 25% more than it is in Anderson and is 48% below the National Average.
- Anderson unemployment rate is 5.6%.
- Jasper unemployment rate is 2.8%.
 Anderson, SCJasper, GAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.6%2.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.7%2.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth31.2%47.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.0%5.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$24,649$30,918$37,638
 Household Income$37,439$46,765$69,021
 Family Median Income$51,263$43,173$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Anderson, SCJasper, GAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K18.2%4.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.7%4.2%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K14.6%22.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K13.8%13.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.1%8.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.3%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.6%8.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.7%18.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K10.5%13.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K1.4%0.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.2%1.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Anderson, SCJasper, GAUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.1%0.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.3%2.2%6.5%
 Community, social services4.5%3.6%1.8%
 Legal0.4%0.0%1.2%
 Education, library5.3%6.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.4%1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology9.3%1.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.3%10.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.9%2.7%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.9%3.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.6%1.9%3.6%
 Personal care1.6%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.4%24.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.0%16.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving21.1%20.8%13.1%
Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 15 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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Reviews for Jasper    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

We moved here from central coast California about 6 years ago, for family reasons. I have a love hate deal going with Jasper. Some years no snow, last year we got  More

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Over 10 years ago

Beautiful area if you like rustic and evolving. Unfortunately, it suffers from the same things that North Georgia tends to suffer from. Meth Heads and thieves. They  More

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Over 16 years ago

If you want a quiet, rural place to retire to and still be a short driving distance to a national transportation hub, then Jasper, Ga. might be the place for  More

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