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Platte City, MO vs Waverly, IA

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Highlights
- Household income in Waverly, is 22% more than it is in Platte City and is 2% above the National Average.
- Platte City unemployment rate is 3.8%.
- Waverly unemployment rate is 3.4%.
 Platte City, MOWaverly, IAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth36.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock7.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,776  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$70,688$69,021
 Family Median Income$57,694  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Platte City, MOWaverly, IAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K10.5%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock8.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K16.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.5%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock13.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock21.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Platte City, MOWaverly, IAUnited States
 Management, business, finance23.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock6.0%6.5%
 Community, social services0.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.4%1.2%
 Education, library2.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.1%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock8.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.4%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support11.6%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair7.3%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.2%13.1%
Reviews for Platte City    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Right on, thanks for sharing! I am visiting Platte city right now actually visiting my relatives! I'm having a really good time, except for one thing. My truck broke  More

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Over 17 years ago

Hello I am in the military and I have lived all over the world. Places I have lived in the United States have been, New York, NY, Honolulu, HI, Colorado Springs, CO, San  More

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Reviews for Waverly    3 Reviews

The city is very clean and safe. Nice, well kept parks and recreation areas. Bike trails wind throughout town and excellent public recreation center. Because of the  More

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Waverly is a quite nice town, it has a nice amount of gas stations with reasonable prices and has 4 big name grocery stores. TBH it has one of everything. It has all  More

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... it's Mayberry RFD  More

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