2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Polson, MT vs Vancouver, WA

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Highlights
- Household income in Vancouver, is 48% more than it is in Polson and is 2% below the National Average.
- Polson unemployment rate is 5.0%.
- Vancouver unemployment rate is 6.4%.
 Polson, MTVancouver, WAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.0%6.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.4%0.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth38.1%38.8%33.5%
 Sales Taxes0.0%8.4%6.2%
 Income Taxes6.9%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,944$36,053$37,638
 Household Income$45,565$67,462$69,021
 Family Median Income$58,857$77,483$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Polson, MTVancouver, WAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K17.2%7.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.5%3.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K9.6%7.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K16.8%7.3%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K9.9%8.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.9%9.3%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.1%11.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.6%14.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K11.2%17.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K0.7%6.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K1.6%6.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Polson, MTVancouver, WAUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.4%15.3%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science2.4%6.3%6.5%
 Community, social services3.1%1.4%1.8%
 Legal0.0%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library6.8%4.4%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.8%2.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.0%5.6%6.2%
 Healthcare support9.4%4.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.5%1.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.7%6.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.9%3.9%3.6%
 Personal care2.8%2.1%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.1%21.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry1.8%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.0%8.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving9.4%15.7%13.1%
Reviews for Polson    2 Reviews

Good for retirees. Otherwise, hard to make a living. Cost of living exceeds  More

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Over 16 years ago

Polson is a small, howdy-do kinda town. Significant crime is almost unheard of, it's mostly just the occasional punk breaks into his grandpa's house and steals $500.   More

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Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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