2024 Compare Cities Economy:
West Valley City, UT vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Household income in Kent, is 6% more than it is in West Valley City and is 13% above the National Average.
- West Valley City unemployment rate is 3.6%.
- Kent unemployment rate is 7.3%.
 West Valley City, UTKent, WAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.6%7.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.5%2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth39.0%37.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.1%10.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$25,130$35,983$37,638
 Household Income$75,137$79,781$69,021
 Family Median Income$79,376$88,949$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 West Valley City, UTKent, WAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.7%5.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.5%2.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.8%6.4%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.2%7.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.3%6.6%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.7%7.2%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K11.8%11.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K17.4%13.9%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K21.6%20.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.0%9.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K4.0%9.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 West Valley City, UTKent, WAUnited States
 Management, business, finance11.4%14.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science4.3%6.2%6.5%
 Community, social services0.9%1.0%1.8%
 Legal0.5%0.5%1.2%
 Education, library3.9%4.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.4%1.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.8%4.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.4%4.5%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.0%1.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.1%6.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.4%4.6%3.6%
 Personal care2.4%2.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support24.6%20.6%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair13.8%8.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving20.9%19.0%13.1%
Reviews for West Valley City    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

West Valley City has 3 pretty distinct areas/neighborhoods. They're separated by zip code. East of the 3200 W can be pretty rough. I would not live there. Between the  More

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Over 10 years ago

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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