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Friday Harbor, WA vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Merced has been positive.
- Merced has 3.1% less unemployment than Friday Harbor.
- Merced job growth has increased by 6.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Friday Harbor, WAMerced, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.2%9.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.6%33.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.1%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.0%-4.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.8%-2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%6.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

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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

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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

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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

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ZIPS IN FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON
98250
ZIPS IN MERCED, CALIFORNIA
95340 95348 95341

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