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Longview, WA vs Parkland, FL

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- Household income in Parkland, is 229% more than it is in Longview and is 60% above the National Average.
- Longview unemployment rate is 7.2%.
- Parkland unemployment rate is 3.2%.
 Longview, WAParkland, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$31,980  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$174,295$69,021
 Family Median Income$72,839  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Longview, WAParkland, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock3.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.2%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock3.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.2%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock2.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.1%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock4.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock12.9%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.8%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock40.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Longview, WAParkland, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.0%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock7.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock3.8%1.2%
 Education, library7.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock2.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.2%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.5%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.3%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock4.2%13.1%
Reviews for Longview    11 Reviews

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

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I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

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Over 5 years ago

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More

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Reviews for Parkland    8 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I am only 18 years old, but I have lived here for 10 years, more than half of my life. I attended Riverglades Elementary, Westglades middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas  More

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Over 12 years ago

Let's face it, South Florida has really gone downhill fast in the past 5-7 years. Maybe it was the economy crashing, maybe it was the influx of crazies and weirdos to  More

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Our family is from Chicago and we have been living here a year now. Our family settled in NE Parkland, which is considered the "older" section of town. I like it here!   More

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