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Ashland, VA vs Palo Cedro, CA

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- Household income in Palo Cedro, is 75% more than it is in Ashland and is 29% above the National Average.
- Ashland unemployment rate is 3.9%.
- Palo Cedro unemployment rate is 7.5%.
 Ashland, VAPalo Cedro, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock7.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$26,277  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$97,303$69,021
 Family Median Income$66,330  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Ashland, VAPalo Cedro, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock2.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.2%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock7.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock4.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.8%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock23.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.8%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock11.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Ashland, VAPalo Cedro, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock8.6%6.5%
 Community, social services1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.7%1.2%
 Education, library7.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock0.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement4.5%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance7.4%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.3%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock3.8%13.1%
Reviews for Ashland    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Ashland Is by far the best place to live without Living In the city of richmond yes the housing is more but its safer and has THE BEST SCHOOL IN VA. My brother loves his  More

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Where to begin: With a kid in college in this town I have access to all the good and bad opinions. Have you ever heard of Homemades By Suzanne? Great Deli for eat in  More

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Ashland is built around an excellent small liberal arts college, Randolph-Macon College. The school enjoys a great reputation with both Richmond and D.C. offering  More

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Reviews for Palo Cedro    3 Reviews

A good small community to live in overall. Not many of the homeless make it out that far from Redding so it has a better quality of life to it. All good school  More

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Over 12 years ago

I spent my entire childhood in Palo Cedro, and went to North Cow Creek School. By all accounts, it is still one of the top schools in the state. They have low teacher to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Good place to live, you get use to the heat in the summer and the rest of the year is great. What I could not get use to is the dust. It's just always dusty no matter  More

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