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Roanoke, TX vs Waverly, IA

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Highlights
- Household income in Waverly, is 37% less than it is in Roanoke and is 2% above the National Average.
- Roanoke unemployment rate is 5.6%.
- Waverly unemployment rate is 3.4%.
 Roanoke, TXWaverly, IAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth50.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock7.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$49,390  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$70,688$69,021
 Family Median Income$132,344  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Roanoke, TXWaverly, IAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock8.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K1.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.6%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock13.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.2%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock21.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.9%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Roanoke, TXWaverly, IAUnited States
 Management, business, finance23.7%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock6.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.4%1.2%
 Education, library5.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.1%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock8.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support29.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.7%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.2%13.1%
Reviews for Roanoke    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Roanoke, Tx is a small one stop light town, the people are friendly. Best grocery store: Tom Thumb. Best Restaurants: Waffle House, Babe's. Traffic not bad in town,  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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