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Mesa, AZ vs Fayetteville, AR

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Highlights
- Household income in Fayetteville, is 21% less than it is in Mesa and is 32% below the National Average.
- Mesa unemployment rate is 6.1%.
- Fayetteville unemployment rate is 3.9%.

Economy
 Mesa, AZFayetteville, ARUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.1%3.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.3%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth47.1%42.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.1%9.8%6.2%
 Income Taxes3.4%6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$33,362$33,192$37,638
 Household Income$65,725$52,111$69,021
 Family Median Income$78,855$78,845$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Mesa, AZFayetteville, ARUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.6%14.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.5%5.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.7%10.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.4%10.3%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.7%7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.7%6.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.6%9.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.0%10.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.1%11.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.5%7.2%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K6.2%7.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Mesa, AZFayetteville, ARUnited States
 Management, business, finance16.4%18.4%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.6%6.8%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%2.5%1.8%
 Legal0.7%1.2%1.2%
 Education, library5.2%11.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.8%4.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.3%8.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.1%2.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.1%0.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.7%7.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.6%2.3%3.6%
 Personal care2.6%2.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support24.8%19.6%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.6%4.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.9%8.0%13.1%

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Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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Reviews for Fayetteville    49 Reviews

We've been here for many years. And my wife grew up here. We love being part of the community. She's a teacher and I own Deck Bros. The only thing remotely negative that  More

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How this city made Sperlings top ten for midsize cities is beyond me. The crime rate for both personal and property are horrendous. Assuming because of the fairly  More

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I've lived in NWA for 15 years. I've lived in many different cities in this country. This the worst area.First of all, you can't trust many of the people. They say  More

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ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total
ZIPS IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
72701 72703 72704

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