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Houston, TX vs Oakland, TN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Oakland has been positive.
- Oakland has 3.1% more unemployment than Houston.
- Oakland job growth has increased by 4.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXOakland, TNUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%41.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-0.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%4.9%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 Oakland    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

No Recreation Department available. One park available for kids, and your child must be a student at that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Great cost for home for the money! Less than $79 per square foot for a really nice home. Real estate taxes only .0047, so on a home Valued at $303,000 you would only pay  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN OAKLAND, TENNESSEE
38060

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