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Providence, RI vs Pascoag, RI

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- Household income in Pascoag, is 61% more than it is in Providence and is 23% above the National Average.
- Providence unemployment rate is 8.6%.
- Pascoag unemployment rate is 7.7%.
 Providence, RIPascoag, RIUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock7.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth28.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock3.8%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$31,757  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$89,624$69,021
 Family Median Income$65,461  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Providence, RIPascoag, RIUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock8.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.3%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock2.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock4.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.8%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock3.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.9%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock33.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock7.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Providence, RIPascoag, RIUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock7.2%6.5%
 Community, social services2.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library7.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.3%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock2.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.1%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock5.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock12.3%13.1%
Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Reviews for Pascoag    2 Reviews

I’ve lived in Pascoag for 40 years. We built our home here in 1979. Our hopes were that we would have a family farm (on 6 acres) while we both worked. We both had to  More

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The town is very unique in its character. Sadly, the whole NW region of RI is economically and culturally depressed. Also, a large power plant is scheduled to be  More

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