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Charles City, IA vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Household income in Dover, is 14% more than it is in Charles City and is 35% below the National Average.
- Charles City unemployment rate is 4.6%.
- Dover unemployment rate is 10.3%.
 Charles City, IADover, DEUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.6%10.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.3%2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth31.4%32.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%0.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.4%5.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$28,239$28,098$37,638
 Household Income$44,775$51,073$69,021
 Family Median Income$78,650$61,579$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Charles City, IADover, DEUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K11.6%11.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K7.4%4.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K13.0%11.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K14.2%12.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.2%8.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.1%7.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K7.8%10.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K17.2%13.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K10.4%13.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.1%3.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K1.0%2.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Charles City, IADover, DEUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.0%9.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science2.0%5.1%6.5%
 Community, social services2.2%2.6%1.8%
 Legal0.2%1.5%1.2%
 Education, library4.9%6.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.3%0.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.4%6.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.8%4.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.5%2.0%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.5%6.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.3%4.7%3.6%
 Personal care4.5%2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.3%26.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.9%5.5%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving21.9%14.6%13.1%
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Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dover, 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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