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Houston, TX vs Kansas City, KS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Kansas City has been positive.
- Kansas City has 2.6% more unemployment than Houston.
- Kansas City job growth has increased by 7.0% in the past 10 years.
Job Market
 Houston, TXKansas City, KSUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%30.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-1.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%0.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%7.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews
Michelle · Houston, TX
The real Houston
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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John · Stafford, TX
Not a great place
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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John · Stafford, TX
Not a great place
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 Kansas City    15 Reviews
Guy · Kansas City, KS
Kansas City - Wyandotte Co.
Over 8 years ago

Avoid living in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte Co.) by all means! We made the mistake of moving to this dump. High crime, high unemployment, murders daily, dilapidated  More

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tifany · Ogden, UT
questions
Over 9 years ago

hello  More

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maria · Kansas City, MO
weather
Over 9 years ago

nice weather if you like changing  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
66102, 66104, 66106, 66109, 66103, 66112, 66101, 66111, 66105, 66118, 11 total
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