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Brookings, OR vs Milford, DE

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- Household income in Milford, is 34% less than it is in Brookings and is 44% below the National Average.
- Brookings unemployment rate is 8.5%.
- Milford unemployment rate is 6.4%.
 Brookings, ORMilford, DEUnited States
 Unemployment Rate8.5%6.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.7%1.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth32.2%37.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes0.0%0.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes9.0%5.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$37,784$28,911$37,638
 Household Income$72,273$47,849$69,021
 Family Median Income$81,210$53,228$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Brookings, ORMilford, DEUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K8.6%11.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.3%4.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.9%10.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.3%13.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K1.5%11.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K11.2%12.6%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.6%8.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.6%11.2%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K21.4%8.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.4%4.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K2.2%3.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Brookings, ORMilford, DEUnited States
 Management, business, finance5.0%13.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.9%4.3%6.5%
 Community, social services0.7%2.3%1.8%
 Legal0.4%0.0%1.2%
 Education, library6.4%6.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.0%1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.2%7.3%6.2%
 Healthcare support5.2%4.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement10.8%0.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.6%2.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.2%2.4%3.6%
 Personal care2.0%0.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.2%22.2%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry1.7%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair12.7%11.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving11.8%20.2%13.1%
Reviews for Brookings    29 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Brookings Oregon is one of the most beautiful places in the world and has perfect weather. I searched for a retirement home, on the beach, for nearly ten years before  More

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Over 3 years ago

Brookings is an interesting place, very nice scenery, and excellent weather. The "locals" who inhabit this place are some of the most ignorant biased people you will  More

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Retired and moved here with my husband in 2020. Best decision we ever made. Amazing weather...even the rainy days are punctuated by crisp, sunny days in the winter. Not  More

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Reviews for Milford    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Milford, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Over 12 years ago

I grew up in and around Milford and loved it. It has a small town feel to it, yet is modern enough for all of the conveniences of an Eastern Shore city. People are  More

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approx 20 minutes to Dover, 20 minutes to Lewes/Rehoboth Beach area.Live the beach life without the beach  More

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