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Columbia, SC vs Madison, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Madison has been positive.
- Madison has 3.4% more unemployment than Columbia.
- Madison job growth has increased by 22.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Columbia, SCMadison, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.2%1.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.4%43.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-1.9%-0.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.9%8.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.3%15.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.5%22.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Columbia    50 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I love living in Columbia! I recently graduated from USC and plan to stay. I read the reviews posted here and it shows that like many cities, your experience will depend  More

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Loved living in Columbia, SC prior to my job transfer. It's the perfect size - plenty to do, but still a laid back place. People are extremely friendly, there are  More

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I moved to Columbia for graduate school and although it is a giant step up from my small, out-of-state hometown, I became bored and restless here in less than a year.  More

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
29229, 29203, 29209, 29045, 29205, 29201, 29204, 29207, 29225, 29208, 10 total
ZIPS IN MADISON, ALABAMA
35758 35756

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