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Columbia, MD vs Bethesda, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bethesda has been positive.
- Bethesda has 1.2% less unemployment than Columbia.
- Bethesda job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Columbia, MDBethesda, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%5.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.2%31.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.2%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%-4.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-2.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.4%2.2%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 Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
21044 21045 21046 21029
ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816

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