2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Portland, OR vs California City, CA

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- Household income in California City, is 43% less than it is in Portland and is 54% below the National Average.
- Portland unemployment rate is 6.9%.
- California City unemployment rate is 11.1%.
 Portland, ORCalifornia City, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.9%11.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.9%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth42.4%19.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes0.0%7.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes9.0%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$47,289$21,626$37,638
 Household Income$78,476$44,733$69,021
 Family Median Income$103,838$54,534$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Portland, ORCalifornia City, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K9.8%19.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.1%4.1%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.4%12.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.7%12.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.5%4.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.5%11.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.2%6.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.6%8.2%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.5%12.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.5%2.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K12.3%6.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Portland, ORCalifornia City, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance20.2%13.4%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science9.4%6.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.5%2.0%1.8%
 Legal2.1%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library6.0%5.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.9%1.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.9%3.2%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.3%4.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%1.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.0%1.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.3%5.7%3.6%
 Personal care2.7%7.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.9%21.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%2.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.7%10.3%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving9.7%12.3%13.1%
Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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Reviews for California City    6 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

My husband and I moved here in Nov 2014 from San Bernardino and we moved here for one reason, we got an enormous house with lots of land and no neighbors for $64,200. No  More

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California City, CA is a wonderful diverse community that is ever growing, in population and home values. Living here over many months and researching here over 4  More

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Over 8 years ago

Living in Cal City 5+ years I can say this: There are nicer areas than others and I lucked out. My street is quiet, have had no problems and neighbors are nice. There  More

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