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Philomath, OR vs Longview, WA

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Highlights
- Household income in Longview, is 25% less than it is in Philomath and is 30% below the National Average.
- Philomath unemployment rate is 4.9%.
- Longview unemployment rate is 7.2%.
 Philomath, ORLongview, WAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock7.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes0.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$32,561  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$53,044$69,021
 Family Median Income$80,833  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Philomath, ORLongview, WAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock11.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.8%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock12.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock9.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K14.5%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.8%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock11.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.6%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Philomath, ORLongview, WAUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.6%6.5%
 Community, social services0.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.7%1.2%
 Education, library10.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock5.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.7%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.9%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.5%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support13.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.8%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock20.7%13.1%
Reviews for Philomath    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Nice little town but it is a little more to live at this  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have no idea where you are getting you information. If it is from the city offices it is totally wrong. Since the city council decided to build a road through the  More

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Reviews for Longview    11 Reviews

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

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I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

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Over 4 years ago

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More

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