2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Hillsdale, MI vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Household income in Fairfax, is 166% more than it is in Hillsdale and is 42% above the National Average.
- Hillsdale unemployment rate is 5.4%.
- Fairfax unemployment rate is 4.3%.
 Hillsdale, MIFairfax, VAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.4%4.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.8%2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth27.1%39.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.3%5.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$20,918$57,091$37,638
 Household Income$44,494$118,492$69,021
 Family Median Income$57,060$157,661$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Hillsdale, MIFairfax, VAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K14.2%5.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K8.5%1.8%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K9.8%5.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.5%5.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K10.6%4.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.5%2.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.1%5.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.8%11.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K7.3%15.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K1.7%15.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K1.0%26.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Hillsdale, MIFairfax, VAUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.8%22.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.2%15.2%6.5%
 Community, social services1.0%1.2%1.8%
 Legal0.3%3.5%1.2%
 Education, library10.3%9.0%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.9%2.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.5%3.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support4.9%1.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%2.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.9%6.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.0%3.1%3.6%
 Personal care3.6%4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.8%15.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry1.0%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.0%3.5%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving20.8%6.5%13.1%
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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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