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East Lansing, MI vs Carmel, IN

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- Household income in Carmel, is 191% more than it is in East Lansing and is 42% above the National Average.
- East Lansing unemployment rate is 3.7%.
- Carmel unemployment rate is 3.0%.
 East Lansing, MICarmel, INUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.2%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,802  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$119,772$69,021
 Family Median Income$110,214  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 East Lansing, MICarmel, INUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock3.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.7%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock2.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock4.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock17.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.9%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock27.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 East Lansing, MICarmel, INUnited States
 Management, business, finance13.1%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock13.4%6.5%
 Community, social services2.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock2.9%1.2%
 Education, library16.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock0.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.5%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.7%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.9%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair1.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock4.5%13.1%
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 17 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 Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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