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Chesapeake, VA vs Rio Verde, AZ

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- Household income in Rio Verde, is 49% more than it is in Chesapeake and is 46% above the National Average.
- Chesapeake unemployment rate is 5.0%.
- Rio Verde unemployment rate is 6.1%.
 Chesapeake, VARio Verde, AZUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth35.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock3.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$38,952  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$127,073$69,021
 Family Median Income$99,873  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Chesapeake, VARio Verde, AZUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock3.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.3%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock3.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.0%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.1%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.8%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock20.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.0%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock29.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Chesapeake, VARio Verde, AZUnited States
 Management, business, finance17.1%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock0.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.4%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock2.2%1.2%
 Education, library7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.8%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock2.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.2%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock0.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.9%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock16.0%13.1%
Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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Reviews for Rio Verde    1 Reviews

Just moved here as “snowbirds” after 3 years of pre-retirement research into where we wanted to be. We considered all the southwestern states then visited a dozen or  More

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