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Salina, KS vs Council Bluffs, IA

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- Household income in Council Bluffs, is 9% more than it is in Salina and is 20% below the National Average.
- Salina unemployment rate is 3.6%.
- Council Bluffs unemployment rate is 4.6%.
 Salina, KSCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth23.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock7.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$29,206  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$57,683$69,021
 Family Median Income$71,467  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Salina, KSCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock11.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.1%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock8.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock11.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.4%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock14.6%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Salina, KSCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Management, business, finance10.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.6%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.5%1.2%
 Education, library9.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock3.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.6%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.7%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.2%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock17.5%13.1%
Reviews for Salina    6 Reviews

I moved here 3 years ago, because I wanted to raise my children in a small town. We lived in a big city with a lot of crime and the some kids were always in trouble. I  More

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Salina in some parts is so wild that there are animals, tutles and skunks I saw at night while dring a beer outside the market near Tony's Pizza factory ownd by the  More

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Over 10 years ago

I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free". Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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