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Palmdale, CA vs Thornton, CO

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- Household income in Thornton, is 23% more than it is in Palmdale and is 20% above the National Average.
- Palmdale unemployment rate is 15.6%.
- Thornton unemployment rate is 6.9%.
 Palmdale, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.8%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$86,818$69,021
 Family Median Income$74,639  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Palmdale, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock4.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.6%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock22.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock8.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Palmdale, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock7.8%6.5%
 Community, social services1.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.9%1.2%
 Education, library5.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.1%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock13.8%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 Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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