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Hobbs, NM vs Boise City, ID

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- Household income in Boise City, is 15% more than it is in Hobbs and is 1% below the National Average.
- Hobbs unemployment rate is 12.1%.
- Boise City unemployment rate is 3.6%.
 Hobbs, NMBoise City, IDUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth24.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$28,293  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$68,373$69,021
 Family Median Income$70,018  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Hobbs, NMBoise City, IDUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.5%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock8.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.4%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.3%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.9%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock15.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock8.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Hobbs, NMBoise City, IDUnited States
 Management, business, finance10.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock9.4%6.5%
 Community, social services2.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.6%1.2%
 Education, library5.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair16.7%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock8.9%13.1%
Reviews for Hobbs    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Hobbs, New Mexico is a growing city on the eastern edge of the New Mexico- texas border. The people are friendly and hard working. The school system is in the top tier  More

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Over 15 years ago

Hobbs is the worst place in the U.S. to live. People that live here are snobs and they aren't helpful at all. Forget about getting a job here. If they don't like you,  More

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Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing for region 2. Affordable place to live 3. Nice physical setting and climate Cons: 1. Very high crime rate 2.  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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