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Bensalem, PA vs Hazleton, PA

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Highlights
- Household income in Hazleton, is 43% less than it is in Bensalem and is 69% below the National Average.
- Bensalem unemployment rate is 7.2%.
- Hazleton unemployment rate is 16.8%.
 Bensalem, PAHazleton, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.2%16.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.4%0.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth28.1%19.3%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes3.1%5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$38,497$20,948$37,638
 Household Income$72,001$40,782$69,021
 Family Median Income$94,311$45,423$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Bensalem, PAHazleton, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K9.0%17.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.5%4.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.1%11.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.0%15.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.8%9.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.4%9.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.4%11.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.7%8.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K18.7%9.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.9%1.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.6%1.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Bensalem, PAHazleton, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.2%5.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science7.4%2.1%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%2.0%1.8%
 Legal1.0%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library3.9%2.3%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.9%1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.8%2.2%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.3%2.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.7%0.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.3%4.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.6%2.9%3.6%
 Personal care2.2%3.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.0%16.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%1.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.8%7.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving15.2%44.3%13.1%
Reviews for Bensalem    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I live in a 1400 square foot ranch townhouse and it would probably sell for  More

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Over 17 years ago

A sad little suburb of Philly that is comprised almost entirely of strip malls. My husband likes to joke that you could drive from one end of Bensalem to the other by  More

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Reviews for Hazleton    6 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I saw that arts and culture is a listed con for this city. This is simply untrue. This city has a great up and coming Arts  More

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As a longtime resident of the Hazleton Area, I can tell you it is one of the worst places to live in this country and I am sorry that I didn't run the second I graduated  More

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here you can go shopping or you can go to the lakes, not a lot other things to do. locals like to go hunting dear, ride motorcycles. a good thing is that you can drive  More

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