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Nice to see that my hometown of St. Louis is not as low as I thought it would be.
Feel bad for the people who have to stretch $51K in Miami :/. Wages are not synonymous with the cost of living there.
The St. Louis City Median Household Income was $40,346. Income growth in St. Louis City has been very substantial over the past few years. St. Louis County incomes aren't growing nearly as fast.
71k in the New York metro won't get you anywhere for the most part, especially in Manhattan, Brooklyn, North NJ, Long Island and Westchester. Scary how Raleigh metro area has almost half the COL of NY but the metro has a pretty close median income.
I don't believe so...city proper. This is why some cities are ranked so low...the suburbs are where the money is.
The first list is just cities. The second list is the whole metro area, which often includes multiple cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul or Dallas-Fort Worth, for example) and their surrounding suburbs.
The city of Charlotte is nearly 300 m2. Within those limits are lots of wealthy areas that are suburban in nature but are within the actual city limits. This is true for many, many cities in the US that grew with liberal annexation laws over the last 50 years.
For me, it's not surprising that Charlotte's city limits higher household incomes within the city than its metro because some of Charlotte's most desirable areas are actually in Charlotte.
The city of Charlotte is nearly 300 m2. Within those limits are lots of wealthy areas that are suburban in nature but are within the actual city limits. This is true for many, many cities in the US that grew with liberal annexation laws over the last 50 years.
For me, it's not surprising that Charlotte's city limits higher household incomes within the city than its metro because some of Charlotte's most desirable areas are actually in Charlotte.
Ah. Makes sense. Austin is such a large city, it's suburbs don't have as much clout, kind of the opposite of most cities.
Austin well ahead of the other Texas cities. Should negate the COL differencee.
Well its still in Texas so minimum wage is still only 7.25 an hour. With the huge increase in housing costs in Austin, the recipe is terrible for people below that (and Texas does not have adequate safety nets).
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