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Ferndale, WA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rochester has been positive.
- Rochester has 3.1% more unemployment than Ferndale.
- Rochester job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Ferndale, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.7%3.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.9%34.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.0%-0.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.8%7.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.2%14.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Ferndale    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Ferndale is expensive. Its a great place, next to the ocean, safe, close to local Bellingham nightlife, lots of scenery and parks but it's just too unaffordable. I'm a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Our property taxes went up 45% this year. Guess we shouldn't have weeded the yard or mowed the lawn! Gas prices are 40 cents per gallon higher than the national  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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ZIPS IN FERNDALE, WASHINGTON
98248
ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905

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