2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Ruston, WA vs Quitman, TX

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Highlights
- Household income in Quitman, is 50% less than it is in Ruston and is 29% below the National Average.
- Ruston unemployment rate is 6.8%.
- Quitman unemployment rate is 7.0%.
 Ruston, WAQuitman, TXUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock7.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth41.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$69,375  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$53,601$69,021
 Family Median Income$110,972  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Ruston, WAQuitman, TXUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock10.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.6%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock10.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K3.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock12.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock14.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K21.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Ruston, WAQuitman, TXUnited States
 Management, business, finance32.2%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.8%6.5%
 Community, social services5.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.4%1.2%
 Education, library6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.5%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock3.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock2.8%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.7%13.1%
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Reviews for Quitman    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I enjoy the fact that Quitman is a safe and quiet, but just wish there were more businesses coming in and staying. They mostly seem to shut down a year after opening.  More

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Over 14 years ago

We have met the very best people you could hope to find since we retired to here from New Mexico. So many times at first I was asked if we had started attending church  More

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