2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Kenmore, WA vs Chico, CA

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- Household income in Chico, is 50% less than it is in Kenmore and is 14% below the National Average.
- Kenmore unemployment rate is 5.4%.
- Chico unemployment rate is 5.6%.
 Kenmore, WAChico, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.4%5.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.6%2.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth40.5%36.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes10.0%7.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$62,579$33,517$37,638
 Household Income$121,463$60,507$69,021
 Family Median Income$145,777$79,903$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Kenmore, WAChico, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.2%13.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.8%4.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K3.5%9.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.2%8.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K2.6%6.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.8%6.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.4%8.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.4%12.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K14.5%15.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K12.7%6.7%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K28.8%7.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Kenmore, WAChico, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.9%14.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science19.2%5.3%6.5%
 Community, social services1.6%2.5%1.8%
 Legal0.9%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library5.6%9.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.2%2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.2%6.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.1%5.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.5%2.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.3%8.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.7%3.0%3.6%
 Personal care2.2%2.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.8%23.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.5%5.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.2%8.6%13.1%
Reviews for Kenmore    4 Reviews

This part of the state is beautiful, but its just getting so expensive to live. The climate is wonderful...even with all the rain. Mild winters, mild summers and  More

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I have lived here a long time and we are pleased with Kenmore. We have one of the best school districts..Northshore School District! We are 25 minutes to either Seattle,  More

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Over 17 years ago

Don't move here unless you've got lots of money. The postage stamp lot 2000 sq. ft houses START at 450K. Personally, I think the bubble's about to pop. I am selling  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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