2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Elk Grove, CA vs Chico, CA

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- Household income in Chico, is 43% less than it is in Elk Grove and is 14% below the National Average.
- Elk Grove unemployment rate is 6.2%.
- Chico unemployment rate is 5.6%.
 Elk Grove, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.2%5.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.4%2.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.3%36.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.8%7.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$38,839$33,517$37,638
 Household Income$106,797$60,507$69,021
 Family Median Income$114,079$79,903$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Elk Grove, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.8%13.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.8%4.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.3%9.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.8%8.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K3.8%6.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.3%6.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K7.8%8.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.5%12.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K25.2%15.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K13.9%6.7%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K14.8%7.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Elk Grove, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance17.9%14.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science10.3%5.3%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%2.5%1.8%
 Legal1.0%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library5.7%9.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.5%2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.2%6.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support4.2%5.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.5%2.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.1%8.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.7%3.0%3.6%
 Personal care3.1%2.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.0%23.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.5%5.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.0%8.6%13.1%
Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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