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Seneca, SC vs Jamestown, NY

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Highlights
- Household income in Jamestown, is 26% less than it is in Seneca and is 91% below the National Average.
- Seneca unemployment rate is 4.2%.
- Jamestown unemployment rate is 8.1%.
 Seneca, SCJamestown, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-1.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock6.2%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$28,622  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$36,162$69,021
 Family Median Income$70,824  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Seneca, SCJamestown, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock19.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.1%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock14.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.7%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock9.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock6.9%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock1.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Seneca, SCJamestown, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance10.2%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock2.6%6.5%
 Community, social services2.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.2%1.2%
 Education, library5.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock6.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.8%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock9.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.2%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock22.0%13.1%
Reviews for Seneca    7 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Our family has now been here for 2 years. There's nothing not to love about this city. Asides from the gorgeous scenery and a college town right up the road, Seneca has  More

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For one thing, the statistics that this website gives are wrong. Allow me to give you a true sense of what Seneca, SC is like. The people who live here are primarily  More

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I begged my ex husband to move out west, where I had family, because I needed help with our son who was just starting to show what we now realize were signs of  More

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Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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