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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Household income in Missoula, is 6% less than it is in South Lake Tahoe and is 27% below the National Average.
- South Lake Tahoe unemployment rate is 6.3%.
- Missoula unemployment rate is 4.4%.

Economy
 South Lake Tahoe, CAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.3%4.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.7%0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.3%33.0%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.8%0.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$39,807$36,010$37,638
 Household Income$57,976$54,423$69,021
 Family Median Income$79,047$82,930$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 South Lake Tahoe, CAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K10.1%12.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.1%3.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K9.8%10.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.8%10.2%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.2%9.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.8%6.6%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.7%10.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K9.7%11.4%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K16.2%13.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.5%5.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K7.1%5.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 South Lake Tahoe, CAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Management, business, finance10.5%13.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.9%6.6%6.5%
 Community, social services0.8%1.9%1.8%
 Legal0.2%2.2%1.2%
 Education, library3.0%5.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.2%3.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.9%6.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.0%3.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.8%1.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving13.2%9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance6.5%4.3%3.6%
 Personal care6.1%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support23.0%22.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.9%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.2%6.4%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.9%8.7%13.1%

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 4 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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ZIPS IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA
96150
ZIPS IN MISSOULA, MONTANA
59801 59808 59802 59803

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