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Houston, TX vs Cape Girardeau, MO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Cape Girardeau has been positive.
- Cape Girardeau has 4.2% more unemployment than Houston.
- Cape Girardeau job growth has increased by 3.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXCape Girardeau, MOUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%3.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%27.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-3.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%2.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%3.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 11 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 15 years ago

It's a good mid sized  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
63701 63703

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