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Bentonville, AR vs Fort Dodge, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fort Dodge has been positive.
- Fort Dodge has 2.0% less unemployment than Bentonville.
- Fort Dodge job growth has increased by 5.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Bentonville, ARFort Dodge, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment2.9%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth52.2%17.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-1.3%-7.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth10.5%-5.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth25.3%-9.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth63.2%-5.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Bentonville    13 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in Bentonville for 5 1/2 years and think it's a great city for families. There are tons of activities for kids and everything seems to be geared to young  More

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Nice people but there is no consumer protection. Be careful renting or spending on high ticket items.  More

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Mindy · 

People are friendly when out and about for the most part. Lots of people from India and CA are moving here. Walmart owns and controls EVERYTHING from the police  More

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Reviews for Fort Dodge    5 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Having lived here all of my life and having been involved with the community in many ways, I would not recommend that anyone move to FD at this time. About 60% of the  More

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Over 9 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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ZIPS IN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
72712
ZIPS IN FORT DODGE, IOWA
50501

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