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Kent, WA vs New York, NY

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- Household income in New York, is 11% less than it is in Kent and is 2% above the National Average.
- Kent unemployment rate is 7.3%.
- New York unemployment rate is 11.2%.

Economy
 Kent, WANew York, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.3%11.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.6%0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.1%30.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes10.0%8.9%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%10.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$35,983$43,952$37,638
 Household Income$79,781$70,663$69,021
 Family Median Income$88,949$80,220$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Kent, WANew York, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.5%13.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.5%4.1%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.4%7.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.0%6.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.6%6.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.2%6.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.3%8.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.9%11.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K20.5%15.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.5%8.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K9.7%13.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Kent, WANew York, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.8%17.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.2%5.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.0%2.1%1.8%
 Legal0.5%2.1%1.2%
 Education, library4.2%6.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.5%4.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.5%5.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support4.5%6.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.6%2.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.0%5.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.6%4.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.4%3.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.6%19.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.5%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.1%5.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving19.0%8.9%13.1%

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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Reviews for New York    331 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 3 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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