2024 Compare Cities Economy:
West Orange, NJ vs Petaluma, CA

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Highlights
- Household income in Petaluma, is 15% less than it is in West Orange and is 31% above the National Average.
- West Orange unemployment rate is 9.6%.
- Petaluma unemployment rate is 5.0%.
 West Orange, NJPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate9.6%5.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.7%1.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth20.9%35.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.6%8.1%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.5%8.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$55,406$50,664$37,638
 Household Income$118,326$100,379$69,021
 Family Median Income$139,773$124,213$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 West Orange, NJPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K6.1%5.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.9%2.3%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.9%5.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.5%4.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.9%5.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.3%4.3%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K5.9%8.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.8%15.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K20.3%19.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.4%13.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K25.9%17.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 West Orange, NJPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Management, business, finance21.1%19.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science7.5%6.6%6.5%
 Community, social services2.2%2.2%1.8%
 Legal3.0%1.3%1.2%
 Education, library9.1%6.3%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.6%2.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.0%5.8%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.8%3.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.6%3.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving2.1%6.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.2%3.6%3.6%
 Personal care2.5%2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.2%19.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.8%6.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving8.1%9.5%13.1%
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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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