2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Vallejo, CA vs Berkeley, IL

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Highlights
- Household income in Berkeley, is 6% less than it is in Vallejo and is 6% above the National Average.
- Vallejo unemployment rate is 8.8%.
- Berkeley unemployment rate is 8.4%.
 Vallejo, CABerkeley, ILUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$36,695  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$73,812$69,021
 Family Median Income$92,460  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Vallejo, CABerkeley, ILUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock4.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.4%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock10.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock7.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock17.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.3%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock19.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.1%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Vallejo, CABerkeley, ILUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.5%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock1.1%6.5%
 Community, social services2.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.7%1.2%
 Education, library4.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock4.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock1.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.7%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock22.2%13.1%
Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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Reviews for Berkeley    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Homes prices are climbng  More

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