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Waterville, ME vs Iowa City, IA

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- Household income in Iowa City, is 26% more than it is in Waterville and is 33% below the National Average.
- Waterville unemployment rate is 5.2%.
- Iowa City unemployment rate is 3.5%.
 Waterville, MEIowa City, IAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth33.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes5.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock7.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,898  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$51,925$69,021
 Family Median Income$58,205  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Waterville, MEIowa City, IAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock16.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K8.2%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock9.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K10.0%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.8%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock8.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.6%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock12.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock6.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Waterville, MEIowa City, IAUnited States
 Management, business, finance12.1%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services5.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.0%1.2%
 Education, library14.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock3.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.4%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.2%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support24.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.7%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock10.2%13.1%
Reviews for Waterville    8 Reviews

just spend 15 years living in LA and loving it, but now I'm retired and I am priced out. staying in Maine with family. do I move to Central Maine with its myriad  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have lived here for a decade but only started looking for office space in the last few months. There are lots of affordable places  More

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Over 11 years ago

Maine in general, and Waterville in particular, have been a wonderful place to homeschool our three children. We are able to work with as much or as little interaction  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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