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Beaver Falls, PA vs Mechanicsburg, PA

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- Household income in Mechanicsburg, is 91% more than it is in Beaver Falls and is 5% below the National Average.
- Beaver Falls unemployment rate is 8.4%.
- Mechanicsburg unemployment rate is 5.1%.
 Beaver Falls, PAMechanicsburg, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth22.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$19,212  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$65,994$69,021
 Family Median Income$52,244  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Beaver Falls, PAMechanicsburg, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock5.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock7.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.6%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.8%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock19.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Beaver Falls, PAMechanicsburg, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance7.1%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock8.3%6.5%
 Community, social services7.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library5.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock4.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement4.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock3.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock0.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.4%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock13.8%13.1%
Reviews for Beaver Falls    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Let's see. I have lived in Beaver Falls for 2 1/2 years now. There are some positives and a lot of minimum wage jobs and it is only 40 minutes from Pittsburgh. Very  More

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Over 15 years ago

After looking at several areas in the area around Pittsburgh, I finally decided on a nice little house in Beaver Falls. Beaver Falls is about 35 miles north of  More

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Reviews for Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  More

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