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Mechanicsville, VA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Household income in Poughkeepsie, is 42% less than it is in Mechanicsville and is 41% below the National Average.
- Mechanicsville unemployment rate is 3.9%.
- Poughkeepsie unemployment rate is 8.5%.
 Mechanicsville, VAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.2%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$38,487  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$48,805$69,021
 Family Median Income$101,352  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Mechanicsville, VAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock15.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock11.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock10.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.9%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock12.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.1%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock6.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Mechanicsville, VAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance20.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.4%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.9%1.2%
 Education, library6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock8.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.5%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock10.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.9%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support24.4%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.1%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock9.5%13.1%
Reviews for Mechanicsville    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Hanover High was ranked the number 1 school in the region by Richmond Magazine. Wonderful principal, committed teachers, IB diploma. We have been extremely happy with  More

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Over 16 years ago

Virginia may seem to have a reasonable income tax rate (5.0%) but when you add up all the other taxes i.e. Personal property tax, business property tax, sales tax,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Mechanicsville is a nice place to live, the climate is great. Of course it's Virginia - so if someone doesn't like the weather they just have to hang around a few days  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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