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Scotch Plains, NJ vs Vero Beach, FL

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- Household income in Vero Beach, is 66% less than it is in Scotch Plains and is 27% below the National Average.
- Scotch Plains unemployment rate is 8.0%.
- Vero Beach unemployment rate is 5.2%.
 Scotch Plains, NJVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth22.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$72,194  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$54,311$69,021
 Family Median Income$188,303  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Scotch Plains, NJVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock11.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock12.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K1.5%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.3%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.4%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.6%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock12.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K14.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock11.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Scotch Plains, NJVero Beach, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance28.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.4%6.5%
 Community, social services3.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.3%1.2%
 Education, library9.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock3.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.1%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support17.5%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock6.9%13.1%
Reviews for Scotch Plains    2 Reviews

I've lived in the city for about 5 years now and I've enjoyed it, it's close to new york and my son likes the schools as "the teachers are friendly and nice" (In His  More

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Over 11 years ago

To see it is to believe it. Scotch Plains is definitely one of the best towns that New Jersey has to offer.  More

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Reviews for Vero Beach    22 Reviews

I grew up in Miami, BEFORE you had to wear a bullet proof vest to live there! I have lived in 9 other states and moved back to Fla over 2 years ago. First to Naples  More

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Over 13 years ago

Thanks for sharing fun facts about Vero Beach but more over: Let it be boring....no fun...no bars... After all...where ever the so called "fun" is... rest  More

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Over 13 years ago

relocating to vero beach, understand quite laid back, what to do, we enjoy endlessly, cards, majong, board games, semi formal dinner dances, are we in the right place,  More

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