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Palmdale, CA vs Colorado City, CO

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- Household income in Colorado City, is 16% less than it is in Palmdale and is 17% below the National Average.
- Palmdale unemployment rate is 15.6%.
- Colorado City unemployment rate is 8.7%.
 Palmdale, CAColorado City, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$24,845  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$59,167$69,021
 Family Median Income$74,639  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Palmdale, CAColorado City, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock16.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock10.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock10.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock4.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.6%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock17.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Palmdale, CAColorado City, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock2.7%6.5%
 Community, social services1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library5.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock0.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock12.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock6.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.1%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock12.1%13.1%
Reviews for Palmdale    35 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived here for nine years and I haven't had any problems. The weather is hot during the summer we get real Summers during the winter it's cold and it's sometimes  More

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Over 6 years ago

I have lived here for many years and I wish I could move elsewhere. I have lived on both the east and west sides of this city. The west side is supposedly better and I  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in West Palmdale, right by the mall and i just love it. The area is in need of more restaurants, preferably steak houses, a good old fashion Chinese restaurant  More

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Reviews for Colorado City    3 Reviews

I’ve lived here for 12 years and it’s amazing. You get lots of snow days and we’ve had 3 in a row so far(yay no school right???) it’s truly beautiful here and the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Nice weather. Middle of may and temps in the mid 70's, rains in the afternoons and cools things  More

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