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East Orange, NJ vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Household income in Dothan, is 10% less than it is in East Orange and is 40% below the National Average.
- East Orange unemployment rate is 11.0%.
- Dothan unemployment rate is 3.8%.

Economy
 East Orange, NJDothan, ALUnited States
 Unemployment Rate11.0%3.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.7%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth18.3%29.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.6%9.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.5%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,629$31,136$37,638
 Household Income$54,520$49,203$69,021
 Family Median Income$65,344$67,018$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 East Orange, NJDothan, ALUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K15.0%13.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.7%5.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.9%10.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.4%11.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K9.1%9.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.0%6.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.1%8.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.5%11.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.1%12.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.9%5.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.2%5.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 East Orange, NJDothan, ALUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.6%13.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.3%3.5%6.5%
 Community, social services3.4%2.0%1.8%
 Legal0.5%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library4.4%6.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.2%1.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.1%9.3%6.2%
 Healthcare support8.0%3.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement4.7%2.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.4%6.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.8%3.9%3.6%
 Personal care4.0%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.7%22.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.5%6.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving15.5%15.2%13.1%

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Reviews for East Orange    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

East Orange was once the most beautiful city in the county of Essex. The city is being taken over by gangs and drugs. There is too many guns in our  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you think Newark, NJ is bad, visit East Orange. Newark at least has a plan for recovery. The plan will eventually fail but at least there are some bright spots   More

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Over 18 years ago

COL is very high where I live. Am looking to relocate out of  More

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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ZIPS IN EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY
07017 07018
ZIPS IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA
36301 36303 36305

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