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Tucson, AZ vs Fayetteville, NC

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- Household income in Fayetteville, is 2% more than it is in Tucson and is 41% below the National Average.
- Tucson unemployment rate is 7.4%.
- Fayetteville unemployment rate is 7.1%.
 Tucson, AZFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock7.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth33.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$26,373  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$48,923$69,021
 Family Median Income$61,114  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Tucson, AZFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock13.8%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.8%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock11.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.0%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock9.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.0%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock11.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.6%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Tucson, AZFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.8%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.7%1.2%
 Education, library7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock3.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.7%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock7.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.7%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock15.4%13.1%
Reviews for Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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