2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Lyme, CT vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Household income in Virginia Beach, is 27% less than it is in Lyme and is 16% above the National Average.
- Lyme unemployment rate is 6.2%.
- Virginia Beach unemployment rate is 4.8%.
 Lyme, CTVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.2%4.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.2%1.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth31.1%33.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.4%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%5.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$76,154$41,803$37,638
 Household Income$111,534$81,810$69,021
 Family Median Income$128,750$95,837$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Lyme, CTVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K3.5%5.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.6%1.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.1%6.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.3%5.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.0%7.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K2.8%8.3%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.1%10.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.0%14.6%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K21.1%20.9%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.6%9.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K30.0%9.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Lyme, CTVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Management, business, finance23.7%17.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.3%8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%1.8%1.8%
 Legal1.1%1.1%1.2%
 Education, library8.0%6.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment5.3%1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.8%7.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.3%2.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%2.2%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving1.6%6.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.2%2.7%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%3.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.2%21.7%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair15.4%7.9%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving5.7%9.5%13.1%
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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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