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Houston, TX vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Cookeville has been positive.
- Cookeville has 2.6% more unemployment than Houston.
- Cookeville job growth has increased by 8.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXCookeville, TNUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%42.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%0.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%7.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%8.6%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 Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Cookeville for around 7 years non consecutively. Don’t expect to go on a walk here. Sidewalks are fairly abundant but they are not well maintained and there  More

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My wife and I both moved here to work for state government. Other people are right, the pay is awful, hovering around $28k for people with masters and doctorates. Rental  More

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Been here for 4-5 years now, crime is on the rise and pay is stagnant, don't look for much over 28k a year in gross income here. Lots of areas are getting metro  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE
38501 38506 38505

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