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Placerville, CA vs Dover, DE

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- Household income in Dover, is 21% less than it is in Placerville and is 35% below the National Average.
- Placerville unemployment rate is 6.3%.
- Dover unemployment rate is 10.3%.
 Placerville, CADover, DEUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock10.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$33,970  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$51,073$69,021
 Family Median Income$75,682  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Placerville, CADover, DEUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock11.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.7%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock11.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock13.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock2.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Placerville, CADover, DEUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock5.1%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.5%1.2%
 Education, library7.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.3%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support25.4%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.4%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.6%13.1%
Reviews for Placerville    6 Reviews

We've lived in PV for over 20 years, having moved from the LA area. We chose to move here while working with the intent on retiring here and commuted to Sacramento to  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have built our retirement home here completed in 2013. Still a few years away from moving in (kid's college & weddings) but we are really looking forward to it. We  More

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Over 17 years ago

Placerville is a Republican Island in a Blue State- all of the politics are dominated by San Francisco and L.A. limosine liberals, and how they vote controls state  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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