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Ottawa, IL vs Las Vegas, NM

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Highlights
- Household income in Las Vegas, is 44% less than it is in Ottawa and is 101% below the National Average.
- Ottawa unemployment rate is 7.3%.
- Las Vegas unemployment rate is 8.2%.

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 Ottawa, ILLas Vegas, NMUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.3%8.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.6%1.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth20.0%21.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%8.4%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%4.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$31,213$23,090$37,638
 Household Income$61,083$34,335$69,021
 Family Median Income$71,417$43,638$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Ottawa, ILLas Vegas, NMUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K10.3%30.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.1%4.2%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K9.6%11.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.9%8.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.7%10.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.2%7.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K14.2%6.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.7%9.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K13.9%8.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.9%2.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.4%2.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Ottawa, ILLas Vegas, NMUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.7%13.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.8%4.6%6.5%
 Community, social services1.6%3.5%1.8%
 Legal1.5%0.4%1.2%
 Education, library9.8%11.9%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.3%1.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.8%3.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support6.6%5.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.9%3.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.0%9.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.7%8.0%3.6%
 Personal care2.3%3.5%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.5%16.2%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%1.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.0%8.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving16.5%6.0%13.1%

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Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 14 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

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Reviews for Las Vegas    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I was motivated to write this review because Las Vegas is my favorite getaway from SE Colorado, where I live. I've been there many, many times -- I stay overnight there  More

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I live in Colorado and have driven by Las Vegas at least 20 times and always wished I could stop to visit. I even considered it as an option of future residence until I  More

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Over 15 years ago

Las Vegas New Mexico is truly an architectural gem-100s of historic registered buildings from victorian mansions to adobe haciendas unfortunately it is also full of  More

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ZIPS IN OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
61350
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87701

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