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St. George, UT vs New York, NY

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- Household income in New York, is 11% more than it is in St. George and is 2% above the National Average.
- St. George unemployment rate is 2.9%.
- New York unemployment rate is 11.2%.
 St. George, UTNew York, NYUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock11.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth55.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock10.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$31,641  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$70,663$69,021
 Family Median Income$78,096  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 St. George, UTNew York, NYUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock13.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.0%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock7.6%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.6%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.4%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock15.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.1%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock13.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 St. George, UTNew York, NYUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock5.5%6.5%
 Community, social services2.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock2.1%1.2%
 Education, library5.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock4.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock6.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.5%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.4%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support25.1%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.1%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock8.9%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 New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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