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Sun Lakes, AZ vs Ojai, CA

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- Household income in Ojai, is 21% more than it is in Sun Lakes and is 4% above the National Average.
- Sun Lakes unemployment rate is 6.1%.
- Ojai unemployment rate is 6.4%.
 Sun Lakes, AZOjai, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth45.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$46,408  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$71,700$69,021
 Family Median Income$80,805  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Sun Lakes, AZOjai, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock7.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.7%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.5%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock14.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.3%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock14.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.6%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock16.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Sun Lakes, AZOjai, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.4%1.2%
 Education, library8.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock3.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock6.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement5.8%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.3%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support32.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock5.8%13.1%
Reviews for Sun Lakes    7 Reviews

Great place to live very inexpensive HOA great restaurants at half the price of regular house restaurant drinks half price Golf $35 you can’t beat the place and  More

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Over 6 years ago

Wow, this place sucka. Patrol is a joke with senile old men, CCRs not enforced unless you are a whiney loudmouth or on the board. Landscape committee. Cost us thousands  More

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Sun Lakes used to be a nice, quiet 55+ community but in the past few years it has become fallen victim to short term rentals, investors, speculators, house flippers and  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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