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Jay, FL vs Boise City, ID

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- Household income in Boise City, is 89% more than it is in Jay and is 1% below the National Average.
- Jay unemployment rate is 4.0%.
- Boise City unemployment rate is 3.6%.
 Jay, FLBoise City, IDUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth43.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$20,875  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$68,373$69,021
 Family Median Income$39,063  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Jay, FLBoise City, IDUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.0%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock8.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.6%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.6%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.4%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock15.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.6%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock8.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Jay, FLBoise City, IDUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock9.4%6.5%
 Community, social services0.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.6%1.2%
 Education, library1.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement9.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance11.6%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support16.1%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.1%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock8.9%13.1%
Reviews for Jay    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This particular place is where I call home. I've never seen a sign at our borders that said anything about staying out if you're dark skinned. I've never seen anyone  More

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Over 6 years ago

I grew up in Jay and lived there up until I was 19. Living there was absolute hell for so many reasons. The population is very small and 98% white people. Most of the  More

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I've lived here for six years now, since I was fifteen. The only school is small: I graduated in a class of somewhere around 50, I believe. The most interesting thing  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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