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Bellingham, WA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rochester has been positive.
- Rochester has 2.6% more unemployment than Bellingham.
- Rochester job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Bellingham, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.2%3.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth41.7%34.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.0%-0.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.2%7.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.4%14.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Bellingham    58 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in so many cities in 5 west coast states and have come to a conclusion that Bellingham is the greatest city to live, work, play and raise a family. After  More

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Over 3 years ago

From what I’ve seen and heard, the very liberal political/ethical beliefs of Bellingham residents, as well as the grey rainy weather, are the main things a few people  More

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If you’re like many Americans and caught up in right vs left you won’t like the far left here in Bellingham wa. If you put politics away and you enjoy skiing,  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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ZIPS IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
98225 98226 98229
ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905

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