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Columbia, MD vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Austin has been positive.
- Austin has 0.6% less unemployment than Columbia.
- Austin job growth has increased by 25.5% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Columbia, MDAustin, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.2%47.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.2%-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%1.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%6.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.4%25.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
21044 21045 21046 21029
ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total

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