Home / Select Cities  /  2024 Comparing El Cajon, CA vs. Merced, CA

2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
El Cajon, CA vs Merced, CA

Change Cities
Highlights
- Job Growth in Merced has been positive.
- Merced has 0.3% more unemployment than El Cajon.
- Merced job growth has increased by 6.0% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 El Cajon, CAMerced, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment9.6%9.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.8%33.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.6%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.5%-4.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-6.8%-2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.9%6.0%6.3%

View More Data >

Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

   |    Reply

Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

   |    Reply

El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of El Cajon

Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

   |    Reply

Over 4 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

   |    Reply

Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Merced

 Most Recent Searches On Compare Cities
COMPARE COST OF LIVING
Compare El Cajon, California Cost of Living vs Merced, California Cost of Living: Taxes, Childcare, Groceries, Health...
Compare Now


ZIPS IN EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA
92021 92020
ZIPS IN MERCED, CALIFORNIA
95340 95348 95341

PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION

Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.

Try Now