2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Boise City, ID vs West Chester, PA

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Highlights
- Household income in West Chester, is 5% less than it is in Boise City and is 6% below the National Average.
- Boise City unemployment rate is 3.6%.
- West Chester unemployment rate is 4.7%.
 Boise City, IDWest Chester, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.6%4.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.6%0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth50.9%29.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.9%4.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$40,056$37,170$37,638
 Household Income$68,373$65,027$69,021
 Family Median Income$86,993$95,156$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Boise City, IDWest Chester, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.6%10.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.7%4.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.2%10.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.1%8.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.6%7.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.9%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.6%9.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.9%13.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.7%14.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.5%7.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.2%8.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Boise City, IDWest Chester, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.2%20.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science9.4%8.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%1.3%1.8%
 Legal1.6%0.9%1.2%
 Education, library6.1%7.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.3%2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.9%5.1%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.7%2.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.3%0.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.4%10.2%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.9%3.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%5.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.4%22.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.9%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.6%2.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving8.9%6.9%13.1%
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for West Chester    14 Reviews

We've lived in various states, small towns & big cities, all over the country and we both felt West Chester was home as soon as we hit downtown. We've been here 8 years  More

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There seems to be 2 different profiles for West Chester, PA. One says it's a town of <20K and another says it's more like a small city at over 40K. I was kind of  More

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Over 12 years ago

Good that you live in Allentown, because you sure aren't seeing the real West Chester. We're from CA, and we couldn't afford to buy a home there. WC has grown into a  More

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