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Austin, MN vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Household income in Sarasota, is 15% more than it is in Austin and is 10% below the National Average.
- Austin unemployment rate is 4.2%.
- Sarasota unemployment rate is 4.6%.
 Austin, MNSarasota, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$28,284  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$62,615$69,021
 Family Median Income$70,645  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Austin, MNSarasota, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock11.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.8%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.7%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock14.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.9%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock10.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Austin, MNSarasota, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.2%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services3.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.4%1.2%
 Education, library5.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock3.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock11.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.2%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.2%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock7.9%13.1%
Reviews for Austin    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

I lived in Austin for 15 years. I only lasted that long because I had kids and wanted to raise them close to my hometown in another state. I would recommend that you  More

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Over 19 years ago

man you may not think that austin can be hard or anything but im tellin u that i moved up here from chicago and this is a bad little town, the crime rates are high and  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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