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Bakersfield, CA vs Sun City West, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sun City West has been positive.
- Sun City West has 1.9% more unemployment than Bakersfield.
- Sun City West job growth has increased by 24.0% in the past 10 years.
 Bakersfield, CASun City West, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%6.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.2%45.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.1%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%5.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.4%12.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.6%24.0%6.3%
Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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Reviews for Sun City West    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We arrived to take possession of our home at then of April (2016). During the first four months we had many days when the temperature reached 120. When I see that  More

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You have been notified for several years per comments posted that there are NO schools in Sun City West. Why do you persist with the posting of cost per pupil in Sun  More

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Over 14 years ago

My wife and I live in a Del Webb retirement community - called Sun City West, in Phoenix Arizona. Since I am now in my early seventies, it has proven to be just perfect  More

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