2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Spirit Lake, IA vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Boulder, is 33% more than it is in Spirit Lake and is 8% above the National Average.
- Spirit Lake unemployment rate is 4.9%.
- Boulder unemployment rate is 5.1%.
 Spirit Lake, IABoulder, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.9%5.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.8%2.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth26.4%44.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%8.8%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.4%4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$34,954$52,057$37,638
 Household Income$56,490$74,902$69,021
 Family Median Income$74,268$134,583$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Spirit Lake, IABoulder, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K3.7%13.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.9%3.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K8.4%8.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.1%5.6%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K11.2%6.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K12.0%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.5%7.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.0%9.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K11.1%13.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.5%9.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K2.8%17.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Spirit Lake, IABoulder, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.5%18.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.5%16.9%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%1.5%1.8%
 Legal1.0%1.8%1.2%
 Education, library6.8%10.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment0.9%4.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.3%4.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.3%2.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.3%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving1.7%8.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.7%1.1%3.6%
 Personal care3.7%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.7%17.5%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.6%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair13.3%2.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving14.3%6.0%13.1%
Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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