2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Needles, CA vs St. George, UT

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Highlights
- Household income in St. George, is 94% more than it is in Needles and is 9% below the National Average.
- Needles unemployment rate is 7.8%.
- St. George unemployment rate is 2.9%.
 Needles, CASt. George, UTUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.8%2.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.3%3.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth38.7%55.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.8%6.4%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$21,269$31,641$37,638
 Household Income$32,839$63,604$69,021
 Family Median Income$45,833$78,096$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Needles, CASt. George, UTUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K21.6%7.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K14.1%2.0%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K12.4%10.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.8%10.6%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.6%7.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K11.0%8.0%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.1%11.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K4.9%13.4%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K6.4%17.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.3%6.1%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K1.8%6.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Needles, CASt. George, UTUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.6%15.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science0.4%3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%2.0%1.8%
 Legal0.1%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library8.2%5.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.7%2.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.3%6.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support8.5%4.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement6.6%0.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.6%6.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.6%5.4%3.6%
 Personal care1.5%2.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support14.7%25.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.9%8.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving13.8%12.8%13.1%
Reviews for Needles    2 Reviews

I own a home in full, with no mortgage and a spacious yard. I can walk to white, sandy beach riverfront in 10 minutes from my front door. In 20 minutes I can be at  More

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Over 14 years ago

Have lived in Needles for 7 years now. This town is being over run with trash. The town is broke due to Dirt bags people that live off of the system. They said  More

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Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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