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Joplin, MO vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Iowa City has been positive.
- Iowa City has 0.5% more unemployment than Joplin.
- Iowa City job growth has increased by 1.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Joplin, MOIowa City, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.0%3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.8%29.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.3%-6.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%-6.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.8%-5.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.4%1.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Joplin    22 Reviews

Wow, this content is dated. Here's an update on Joplin: The Joplin community is rapidly becoming an affordable, livable version of the urban lifestyle that offers  More

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Over 9 years ago

Joplin is inexpensive to live in however humidity is through the roof if you have a roof due to the threat of tornados here. Winters are mild but usually instead of  More

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Over 11 years ago

Winter lasts about 4 months and is fairly cold. Mostly cloudy and dreary with very little if any snow. Spring lasts about 6 weeks and has plenty of rain. Summer lasts  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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ZIPS IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI
64801 64804
ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242

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