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Goldendale, WA vs Scio, OR

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Highlights
- Household income in Scio, is 85% more than it is in Goldendale and is 5% above the National Average.
- Goldendale unemployment rate is 6.4%.
- Scio unemployment rate is 6.8%.
 Goldendale, WAScio, ORUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock9.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$30,464  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$72,647$69,021
 Family Median Income$50,440  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Goldendale, WAScio, ORUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K7.1%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock3.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K22.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock11.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K12.3%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock18.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock25.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Goldendale, WAScio, ORUnited States
 Management, business, finance4.8%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock2.6%6.5%
 Community, social services1.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library15.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock5.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock8.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.7%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair16.8%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock17.1%13.1%
Reviews for Goldendale    5 Reviews

GOLDENDALE is loved by a very select, elite, and religious group. I withhold using labels to describe the mentality of Goldendale, but can describe the hostile treatment  More

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Read the two reviews before I made this commentary. The reviews submitted so far are from locals who have survived some economic hard times in the area. Both of these  More

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I have lived here all of my 34 years and its has been a great place to live, raise a family, have what fun there is to have and just to relax. A beautiful place for the  More

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Reviews for Scio    2 Reviews

I've lived in Scio for forty five years beautiful little town, great schools, beautiful pastoral scenes, annual lamb and wool fair. Our own telephone coOp, with fiber  More

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Cold, damp, dreary. Come on 52 inches of rain! Precipitation 157 days per year!!  More

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