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New York, NY vs Pocono, PA

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Highlights
- Household income in Pocono, is 16% more than it is in New York and is 16% above the National Average.
- New York unemployment rate is 11.2%.
- Pocono unemployment rate is 8.7%.

Economy
 New York, NYPocono, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate11.2%8.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.5%0.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.7%26.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.9%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes10.1%4.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$43,952$36,920$37,638
 Household Income$70,663$81,960$69,021
 Family Median Income$80,220$98,125$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 New York, NYPocono, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K13.2%11.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.1%1.0%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K7.6%5.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.8%7.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.4%5.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.0%6.3%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.0%7.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.0%10.8%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K15.0%30.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.4%8.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K13.5%5.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 New York, NYPocono, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance17.2%15.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science5.5%3.9%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%0.4%1.8%
 Legal2.1%0.0%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%7.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.9%1.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.6%6.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support6.3%2.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.9%2.7%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.1%10.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.1%2.5%3.6%
 Personal care3.6%2.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.3%21.0%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.8%10.6%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving8.9%13.0%13.1%

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Reviews for New York    331 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 3 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Pocono    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I like many things about my move from NYC to Tannersville, PA. The country view and the open roads are GREAT. The cost of living here is lower than the city and there  More

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Over 9 years ago

Sadly school and property taxes make this place next to impossible at the average local earnings rate. Supposedly PA has a ancient two tear tax structure that makes  More

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Over 17 years ago

The cost of living out weighs the Income  More

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