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Bettendorf, IA vs Fort Dodge, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fort Dodge has been positive.
- Fort Dodge has 0.7% less unemployment than Bettendorf.
- Fort Dodge job growth has increased by 5.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Bettendorf, IAFort Dodge, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.2%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.5%17.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.8%-7.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.9%-5.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.6%-9.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.1%-5.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Bettendorf    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

very low crime, great schools, housing costs-a decent house for family of 5 is around  More

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We are thinking of moving to the area (Iowa). I am an NC native, although we feel the need to move out due to huge influx of newcomers in this area from the northeast  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved to Bettendorf when our son was in elementary school based on favorable comments about the schools from several friends in similar stages in their lives. We  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 BETTENDORF, IOWA
52722 52767
ZIPS IN FORT DODGE, IOWA
50501

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