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Vero Beach, FL vs Santee, CA

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- Household income in Santee, is 71% more than it is in Vero Beach and is 26% above the National Average.
- Vero Beach unemployment rate is 5.2%.
- Santee unemployment rate is 5.8%.
 Vero Beach, FLSantee, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock5.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth38.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$52,524  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$92,848$69,021
 Family Median Income$83,904  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Vero Beach, FLSantee, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock6.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock5.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock22.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock9.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Vero Beach, FLSantee, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.3%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock7.4%6.5%
 Community, social services0.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.9%1.2%
 Education, library6.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.9%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock6.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.6%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support31.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock11.0%13.1%
Reviews for Vero Beach    22 Reviews

I grew up in Miami, BEFORE you had to wear a bullet proof vest to live there! I have lived in 9 other states and moved back to Fla over 2 years ago. First to Naples  More

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Over 14 years ago

Thanks for sharing fun facts about Vero Beach but more over: Let it be boring....no fun...no bars... After all...where ever the so called "fun" is... rest  More

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Over 14 years ago

relocating to vero beach, understand quite laid back, what to do, we enjoy endlessly, cards, majong, board games, semi formal dinner dances, are we in the right place,  More

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Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 14 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 18 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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