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Brookings, OR vs Newark, NJ

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- Household income in Newark, is 43% less than it is in Brookings and is 67% below the National Average.
- Brookings unemployment rate is 8.5%.
- Newark unemployment rate is 13.0%.

Economy
 Brookings, ORNewark, NJUnited States
 Unemployment Rate8.5%13.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.7%-0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth32.2%18.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes0.0%6.6%6.2%
 Income Taxes9.0%5.5%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$37,784$22,194$37,638
 Household Income$72,273$41,335$69,021
 Family Median Income$81,210$48,589$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Brookings, ORNewark, NJUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K8.6%21.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.3%6.2%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.9%12.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.3%9.5%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K1.5%8.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K11.2%7.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.6%9.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.6%9.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K21.4%9.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.4%3.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K2.2%2.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Brookings, ORNewark, NJUnited States
 Management, business, finance5.0%8.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.9%2.8%6.5%
 Community, social services0.7%2.3%1.8%
 Legal0.4%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library6.4%4.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.0%1.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.2%3.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support5.2%6.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement10.8%4.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.6%5.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.2%6.7%3.6%
 Personal care2.0%2.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.2%19.9%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry1.7%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair12.7%12.3%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving11.8%19.2%13.1%

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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 Newark    26 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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ZIPS IN BROOKINGS, OREGON
97415
ZIPS IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
07105 07104 07107 07106 07103 07112 07108 07114 07102

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