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San Jose, CA vs Crescent City, CA

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- Household income in Crescent City, is 72% less than it is in San Jose and is 99% below the National Average.
- San Jose unemployment rate is 5.6%.
- Crescent City unemployment rate is 8.3%.
 San Jose, CACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth38.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$53,574  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$34,676$69,021
 Family Median Income$138,908  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 San Jose, CACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock24.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.1%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock12.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock9.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock12.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.9%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock2.9%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K13.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 San Jose, CACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance18.5%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock1.4%6.5%
 Community, social services1.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock2.0%1.2%
 Education, library5.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.6%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.7%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock5.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock2.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock13.9%13.1%
Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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Reviews for Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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