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Houston, TX vs Northampton, MA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Northampton has been positive.
- Northampton has 3.5% more unemployment than Houston.
- Northampton job growth has increased by 1.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXNorthampton, MAUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%37.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-9.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-7.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-1.8%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 Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
01060 01062 01053 01063

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