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East Lansing, MI vs Ann Arbor, MI

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Highlights
- Household income in Ann Arbor, is 78% more than it is in East Lansing and is 6% above the National Average.
- East Lansing unemployment rate is 3.7%.
- Ann Arbor unemployment rate is 3.5%.

Economy
 East Lansing, MIAnn Arbor, MIUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.7%3.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.3%1.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.3%38.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.3%4.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,802$47,883$37,638
 Household Income$41,177$73,276$69,021
 Family Median Income$110,214$123,351$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 East Lansing, MIAnn Arbor, MIUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K21.8%14.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.7%3.2%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K12.7%5.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.7%6.2%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.3%6.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.2%6.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K5.4%8.4%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.7%11.2%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K11.8%15.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.9%8.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K7.7%13.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 East Lansing, MIAnn Arbor, MIUnited States
 Management, business, finance13.1%14.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science8.4%16.2%6.5%
 Community, social services2.9%2.7%1.8%
 Legal0.9%1.5%1.2%
 Education, library16.3%19.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.5%3.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.8%9.1%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.2%2.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.5%0.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving9.4%4.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.7%1.6%3.6%
 Personal care4.5%2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.9%14.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.5%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair1.0%1.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving5.4%5.2%13.1%

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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 16 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Highly educated city. traffic and parking is bad. university culture is nice, not sure about elsewhere. no good pizza! if you're looking for food, I recommend "a taste  More

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Uh, compared to my other favorite college towns this one lacks flavor. Safer and kinda pretty, but not the greenest place, it's fine. Good restaurants, music, art,  More

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Over 9 years ago

Ann Arbor bus service (AATA) is quite good. The Detroit Metro Airport is only a 20 min. drive away and is also quite good. The traffic in Ann Arbor is usually mild  More

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ZIPS IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
48823 48825
ZIPS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
48103 48104 48105 48109

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