2024 Compare Cities Economy:
St. George, UT vs Iowa City, IA

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- Household income in Iowa City, is 18% less than it is in St. George and is 33% below the National Average.
- St. George unemployment rate is 2.9%.
- Iowa City unemployment rate is 3.5%.
 St. George, UTIowa City, IAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate2.9%3.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.5%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth55.6%29.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.4%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%7.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$31,641$32,203$37,638
 Household Income$63,604$51,925$69,021
 Family Median Income$78,096$95,422$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 St. George, UTIowa City, IAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K7.6%16.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.0%5.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K10.0%9.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.6%8.5%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.7%8.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.0%7.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.0%8.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.4%10.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K17.3%12.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.1%6.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K6.3%6.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 St. George, UTIowa City, IAUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.3%11.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.3%8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.0%2.2%1.8%
 Legal0.8%1.0%1.2%
 Education, library5.2%14.5%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.6%2.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.4%9.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support4.1%3.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.5%1.0%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.3%9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.4%2.6%3.6%
 Personal care2.1%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support25.1%17.0%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.1%3.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving12.8%10.2%13.1%
Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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