2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Forest Park, OH vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Household income in Carrboro, is 31% more than it is in Forest Park and is 10% above the National Average.
- Forest Park unemployment rate is 4.4%.
- Carrboro unemployment rate is 3.2%.
 Forest Park, OHCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$30,048  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$76,599$69,021
 Family Median Income$73,259  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Forest Park, OHCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock9.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock7.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock5.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.8%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock13.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.1%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock12.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Forest Park, OHCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Management, business, finance10.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock16.0%6.5%
 Community, social services0.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.6%1.2%
 Education, library3.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock3.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.1%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support24.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.5%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock3.8%13.1%
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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 15 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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