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Thornton, CO vs Claycomo, MO

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- Household income in Claycomo, is 47% less than it is in Thornton and is 49% below the National Average.
- Thornton unemployment rate is 6.9%.
- Claycomo unemployment rate is 4.2%.
 Thornton, COClaycomo, MOUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.2%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth47.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$35,181  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$46,193$69,021
 Family Median Income$97,078  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Thornton, COClaycomo, MOUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock10.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.5%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock7.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock16.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.6%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock12.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Thornton, COClaycomo, MOUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.2%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.8%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library4.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock9.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.4%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock1.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.4%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock31.8%13.1%
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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