2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Westlake, OH vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Household income in Sarasota, is 36% less than it is in Westlake and is 10% below the National Average.
- Westlake unemployment rate is 4.6%.
- Sarasota unemployment rate is 4.6%.
 Westlake, OHSarasota, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.6%4.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.0%2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth25.3%44.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.0%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$58,539$48,380$37,638
 Household Income$98,285$62,615$69,021
 Family Median Income$130,022$78,851$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Westlake, OHSarasota, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.1%9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.7%4.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.7%11.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.8%8.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K5.9%8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.4%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.0%9.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.4%11.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K18.9%14.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.1%5.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K18.0%10.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Westlake, OHSarasota, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance26.6%13.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science9.9%3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services0.8%2.0%1.8%
 Legal2.8%1.4%1.2%
 Education, library4.5%5.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.4%3.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology11.7%5.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support0.7%4.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.0%1.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.4%11.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.5%5.6%3.6%
 Personal care1.7%4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.5%20.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.2%8.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.4%7.9%13.1%
Reviews for Westlake    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have been living in Westlake for over 5 years and I absolutely love it! Crocker Park is a wonderful place to hang out with the family and pets and there are great  More

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Over 18 years ago

people are a little stodgy and snobbish and taxes are definitely NOT low. You get taxed for everything, including double-taxed for working in another community (i.e.  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am a Southerner, but the best years of my life were in Westlake. The Cleveland Metroparks are tops.   More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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