2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Union City, NJ vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Household income in Long Beach, is 34% more than it is in Union City and is 3% above the National Average.
- Union City unemployment rate is 10.9%.
- Long Beach unemployment rate is 11.5%.
 Union City, NJLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate10.9%11.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.5%0.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth23.9%32.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.6%10.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.5%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,896$35,856$37,638
 Household Income$53,177$71,150$69,021
 Family Median Income$56,556$79,319$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Union City, NJLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K13.3%9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.3%3.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K12.3%7.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.8%8.4%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K9.3%6.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.8%8.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.4%9.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.3%13.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K12.4%16.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.5%8.1%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K5.6%9.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Union City, NJLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.2%15.4%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.2%5.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.1%2.0%1.8%
 Legal0.7%1.1%1.2%
 Education, library4.4%5.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.1%3.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.5%5.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.7%4.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.9%2.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving7.7%6.2%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.9%4.0%3.6%
 Personal care3.3%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.6%21.6%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.5%6.7%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving23.0%13.6%13.1%
Reviews for Union City    5 Reviews

The simple truth about binary options which many of us do not know is the fact that it is mainly based on predictions. Without proper knowledge of what next can happen  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live in an area that is on the borde of Weehawken, Hoboken and Union City.  More

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I've lived here most of my life. And I must say I am finally relocating. You don't get the quality of living fornthe amount you pay. I pay $1415 a month for 3br 1bath,  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 4 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 6 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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