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Smith River, CA vs Ojai, CA

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Highlights
- Household income in Ojai, is 17% less than it is in Smith River and is 4% above the National Average.
- Smith River unemployment rate is 8.3%.
- Ojai unemployment rate is 6.4%.
 Smith River, CAOjai, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth28.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$22,531  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$71,700$69,021
 Family Median Income$86,739  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Smith River, CAOjai, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K8.8%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K0.0%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock14.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K24.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock14.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K0.0%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock16.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Smith River, CAOjai, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.8%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.5%6.5%
 Community, social services4.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.4%1.2%
 Education, library5.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock3.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock6.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement8.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support27.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair14.5%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock5.8%13.1%
Reviews for Smith River    1 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Drove into 'metro' Smith River four days ago and the population sign said 2021! Way different number than 866? When did Sperling's Best Places get the  More

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Reviews for Ojai    7 Reviews

Ojai has it's social and environmental challenges. It's population can be insular and self-absorbed. I grew up in Palo Alto and lived in Berkeley in the 70's so I can  More

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Over 10 years ago

Yes, Ojai is pretty geographically but there are a lot of run down neighborhoods. There are no "rules" about keeping your house or yard up and therefore lots of people  More

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Over 11 years ago

From my contacts, this place is my idea of how I want to spend my remaining days on  More

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