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Madison, MS vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Household income in Sarasota, is 48% less than it is in Madison and is 10% below the National Average.
- Madison unemployment rate is 3.7%.
- Sarasota unemployment rate is 4.6%.

Economy
 Madison, MSSarasota, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.7%4.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.0%2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.1%44.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$53,783$48,380$37,638
 Household Income$119,662$62,615$69,021
 Family Median Income$136,250$78,851$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Madison, MSSarasota, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K1.7%9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.7%4.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K2.9%11.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.5%8.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.2%8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.4%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K7.4%9.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.6%11.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K22.8%14.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K13.9%5.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K23.9%10.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Madison, MSSarasota, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance23.8%13.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.9%3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%2.0%1.8%
 Legal3.4%1.4%1.2%
 Education, library9.3%5.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.2%3.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology14.8%5.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support1.5%4.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.7%1.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving2.1%11.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.4%5.6%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.1%20.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.8%8.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving4.1%7.9%13.1%

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Reviews for Madison    19 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Forget everything you've heard about Mississippi. In 30 years, Madison and Ridgeland, sister cities, have grown from being whistle stop railroad communities into two of  More

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Madison is a beautiful city. I have been leaving here for 1year. Love it!! It's safe and has best school system in Mississippi.  More

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The Madison County area just north of Jackson is a growning community with excellent school systems both public and private. This provides oppportunity to select the  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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ZIPS IN MADISON, MISSISSIPPI
39110
ZIPS IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
34234 34237 34239 34236

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