2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Fairfax, VA vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Household income in Scottsdale, is 18% less than it is in Fairfax and is 29% above the National Average.
- Fairfax unemployment rate is 4.3%.
- Scottsdale unemployment rate is 4.7%.
 Fairfax, VAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.3%4.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.0%3.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.1%51.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%8.1%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.8%3.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$57,091$70,040$37,638
 Household Income$118,492$97,409$69,021
 Family Median Income$157,661$129,072$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Fairfax, VAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.3%5.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.8%2.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.4%5.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.1%5.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.9%5.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K2.9%5.3%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K5.1%8.4%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.7%12.4%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.5%18.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K15.4%10.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K26.7%20.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Fairfax, VAScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.2%29.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science15.2%9.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%1.2%1.8%
 Legal3.5%2.0%1.2%
 Education, library9.0%5.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.6%2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.8%7.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.7%1.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.5%0.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.1%4.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%1.3%3.6%
 Personal care4.0%2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.1%24.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.5%3.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.5%5.0%13.1%
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Scottsdale    84 Reviews

It's been a long time since I visited Scottsdale after visiting a few times a decade ago. It used to be more of an area that deserved it's punchlines for being stuck up  More

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My son went to ASU in '99 which is how we ended up here from Northern Illinois. Over the years we came out for vacations and bought a second home until we finally made  More

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I lived in San Jose for 30 years...in the late '50s. I walked thru cherry orchards to school. After college classes, I drove 20 minutes to the beach. San Francisco was  More

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