2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Kalamazoo, MI vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Household income in Bay City, is 5% less than it is in Kalamazoo and is 64% below the National Average.
- Kalamazoo unemployment rate is 6.3%.
- Bay City unemployment rate is 8.2%.
 Kalamazoo, MIBay City, MIUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.3%8.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.9%0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.9%16.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.3%4.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,305$25,141$37,638
 Household Income$44,296$41,959$69,021
 Family Median Income$56,627$56,482$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Kalamazoo, MIBay City, MIUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K16.5%18.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.3%4.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K12.4%12.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.6%11.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K11.1%11.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.5%8.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.4%10.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.8%10.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K9.7%8.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.1%2.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.7%1.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Kalamazoo, MIBay City, MIUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.9%9.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.0%3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services2.5%1.9%1.8%
 Legal0.5%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library5.4%3.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.0%1.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.6%6.3%6.2%
 Healthcare support5.5%8.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%1.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving12.4%8.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.0%4.2%3.6%
 Personal care3.9%3.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.2%23.2%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.6%0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.7%7.9%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving13.7%17.2%13.1%
Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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