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New York, NY vs Williamsport, PA

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- Household income in Williamsport, is 36% less than it is in New York and is 53% below the National Average.
- New York unemployment rate is 11.2%.
- Williamsport unemployment rate is 9.2%.
 New York, NYWilliamsport, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock9.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-1.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$43,952  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$45,060$69,021
 Family Median Income$80,220  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 New York, NYWilliamsport, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock17.4%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.1%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock12.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.8%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock11.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock9.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock2.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 New York, NYWilliamsport, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance17.2%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.5%6.5%
 Community, social services2.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.8%1.2%
 Education, library6.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock9.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.1%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.8%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock16.1%13.1%
Reviews for New York    330 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 4 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 Williamsport    10 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Mayor Jessie Bloom let the philly crackheads come here for rehabilitation and they did not leave. They brought their criminal ways to the port. This was once a nice town  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have lived in Williamsport my whole life, I am 32 years old, and have been married for 12 years,my wife and I just bought a house in a "bad" neighborhood, and the  More

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Over 12 years ago

the cost of living here in pa has sky rocket here in the last 4 years rents used a 3 bedroom house use to cost 500.00 a month with nothing furnish now it cost 1200  More

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