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Kemmerer, WY vs Bakersfield, CA

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- Household income in Bakersfield, is 4% more than it is in Kemmerer and is 0% below the National Average.
- Kemmerer unemployment rate is 5.2%.
- Bakersfield unemployment rate is 8.0%.
 Kemmerer, WYBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth32.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$36,268  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$69,014$69,021
 Family Median Income$82,083  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Kemmerer, WYBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock8.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.6%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.3%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock17.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.8%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock7.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Kemmerer, WYBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance7.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.6%6.5%
 Community, social services2.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.6%1.2%
 Education, library12.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.9%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support11.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock3.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair22.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.2%13.1%
Reviews for Kemmerer    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Kemmerer is a wonderful place to raise a family! I love the people and the history of this  More

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Over 16 years ago

The whorehouse closed in the early 1980's. There's two bars downtown and one near the BLM office in Frontier. The shops along Main St. are mostly boarded up or run  More

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Over 18 years ago

When winter comes, the highways can be closed for days at a time. However, I would recommend "The Southern Comfort," the house of prositution on the south end of town.  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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