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Traverse City, MI vs Boise City, ID

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- Household income in Boise City, is 7% more than it is in Traverse City and is 1% below the National Average.
- Traverse City unemployment rate is 5.7%.
- Boise City unemployment rate is 3.6%.
 Traverse City, MIBoise City, IDUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.7%3.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.7%3.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth34.7%50.9%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.3%6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$41,461$40,056$37,638
 Household Income$64,033$68,373$69,021
 Family Median Income$93,201$86,993$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Traverse City, MIBoise City, IDUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K9.1%7.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.7%3.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.3%8.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.4%9.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.1%7.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.6%7.9%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.1%10.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.1%13.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K16.2%15.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.3%7.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K5.2%8.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Traverse City, MIBoise City, IDUnited States
 Management, business, finance13.8%19.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science5.2%9.4%6.5%
 Community, social services3.8%1.7%1.8%
 Legal0.6%1.6%1.2%
 Education, library7.8%6.1%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.2%2.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.5%6.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support4.5%2.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.3%1.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving9.2%6.4%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.8%2.9%3.6%
 Personal care2.1%2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.2%20.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair7.3%6.6%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving9.7%8.9%13.1%
Reviews for Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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