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Houston, TX vs Opelousas, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Opelousas has been positive.
- Opelousas has 0.8% more unemployment than Houston.
- Opelousas job growth has increased by 4.9% in the past 10 years.
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 Houston, TXOpelousas, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%7.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%13.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-2.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-1.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-4.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-4.9%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 Opelousas    2 Reviews
John · Opelousas, LA
Follow-up to previous, After 18 months of living i
Over 16 years ago

After living in Opelousas, for 18 months I'll respond to changes from my provous post. The 24 Hour liquior sales has been banned, except at the Evangeline Downs  More

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John · Opelousas, LA
Nice City
Over 17 years ago

Hello all I'm new to Opelousas, At first When i moved here I was like why did I move here, The Roads are horrible , Infrustructure needs lots of updating (Ex. Water  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
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70570
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