2024 Compare Cities Economy:
East Orange, NJ vs Placentia, CA

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- Household income in Placentia, is 89% more than it is in East Orange and is 33% above the National Average.
- East Orange unemployment rate is 11.0%.
- Placentia unemployment rate is 6.5%.
 East Orange, NJPlacentia, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate11.0%6.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.7%0.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth18.3%31.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.6%7.8%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.5%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,629$40,598$37,638
 Household Income$54,520$103,041$69,021
 Family Median Income$65,344$116,073$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 East Orange, NJPlacentia, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K15.0%5.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.7%1.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.9%4.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.4%4.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K9.1%4.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.0%6.1%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.1%8.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.5%12.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.1%20.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.9%13.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.2%17.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 East Orange, NJPlacentia, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.6%18.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.3%7.2%6.5%
 Community, social services3.4%1.4%1.8%
 Legal0.5%1.1%1.2%
 Education, library4.4%7.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.2%3.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.1%5.1%6.2%
 Healthcare support8.0%2.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement4.7%2.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.4%6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.8%2.2%3.6%
 Personal care4.0%3.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.7%22.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.5%6.6%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving15.5%9.9%13.1%
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 Placentia    6 Reviews

I lived in that city for almost 10 years and recently found out that both their city government and their police force are blocking people from leaving bad reviews of  More

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Over 13 years ago

PLACENTIA IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. BEEN HERE SINCE 1980. EASY ACCESS TO FREEWAYS, PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES AROUND FOR EMPLOYMENT. NEARBY--GOLF  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you rent, Placentia's not bad. I haven't noticed too much crime but there are quite a few reasonable apartments. Being close to a California State School has its  More

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