2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Fairfax, VA vs Tracy, CA

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Highlights
- Household income in Tracy, is 14% less than it is in Fairfax and is 33% above the National Average.
- Fairfax unemployment rate is 4.3%.
- Tracy unemployment rate is 6.3%.
 Fairfax, VATracy, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.3%6.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.0%2.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.1%42.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%8.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.8%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$57,091$36,104$37,638
 Household Income$118,492$102,336$69,021
 Family Median Income$157,661$113,066$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Fairfax, VATracy, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.3%4.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.8%2.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.4%4.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.1%3.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.9%4.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K2.9%5.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K5.1%8.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.7%15.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.5%25.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K15.4%14.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K26.7%12.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Fairfax, VATracy, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.2%12.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science15.2%7.1%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%1.7%1.8%
 Legal3.5%0.9%1.2%
 Education, library9.0%4.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.6%1.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.8%5.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.7%2.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.5%2.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.1%5.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%2.7%3.6%
 Personal care4.0%1.5%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.1%23.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.7%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.5%12.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.5%15.4%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 Tracy    18 Reviews

Native born and raised in Tracy. I've seen it go from a small community of 12,000 to almost 100,000 in 50 years. The growth has not been for the better IMO. It has  More

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I was raised in Tracy and over the last 60+ years, it has gone from a small town of about 9,000 to almost 100,000. The changes have not all been good. It was a good  More

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I have been living here for 4 years and I can’t wait to move out of here. Tracy is a place very very very dusty.. it can be just one week and you have to wipe out  More

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