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Port Arthur, TX vs Gary, IN

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- Household income in Gary, is 21% less than it is in Port Arthur and is 102% below the National Average.
- Port Arthur unemployment rate is 16.1%.
- Gary unemployment rate is 13.0%.
 Port Arthur, TXGary, INUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock13.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth14.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.7%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$22,557  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$34,085$69,021
 Family Median Income$49,864  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Port Arthur, TXGary, INUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock21.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock15.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock10.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K10.5%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.5%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock7.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Port Arthur, TXGary, INUnited States
 Management, business, finance8.5%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock2.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.4%1.2%
 Education, library3.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock7.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement5.3%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock7.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair18.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock21.0%13.1%
Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 10 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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Reviews for Gary    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 years as a homeless gay drug addict, and I think this place is a real  More

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Over 10 years ago

Been here most of my life left and went to Air Force policies and elected residents are terrible not all there is a few that is really concerned but being that they say  More

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I lived in Gary in 1972 - 1976. I was just a kid but I loved Gary. My family moved to upstate NY and after college I moved to San Francisco, Ca. I will tell you this, I  More

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