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Monument, CO vs Homer, LA

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Highlights
- Household income in Homer, is 81% less than it is in Monument and is 247% below the National Average.
- Monument unemployment rate is 6.8%.
- Homer unemployment rate is 5.1%.
 Monument, COHomer, LAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth48.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$44,204  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$19,888$69,021
 Family Median Income$128,021  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Monument, COHomer, LAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock34.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock13.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.4%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock3.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K2.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock5.4%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock5.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K16.3%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Monument, COHomer, LAUnited States
 Management, business, finance20.2%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock1.8%6.5%
 Community, social services2.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library10.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock11.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock25.7%13.1%
Reviews for Monument    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

if you think COS is nice, monument can't be  More

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Over 19 years ago

Monument is located about 10 miles north of the Colorado Springs city limits on I-25 cooridor. We are 2 exits north of the Air Force Academy. We enjoy a "small town"  More

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Reviews for Homer    2 Reviews

I just received an email, which informed me that an elderly black man was shot on his own front porch, during a family gatherring by two caucasian policemen. No one at  More

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Homer has good and bad traits. The good traits are: it's mostly quiet, cheap, nice people, but some are very mean.the bad traits are: poor education, teenagers are  More

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