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Kihei, HI vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 8.1% more unemployment than Kihei.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Kihei, HISanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment12.2%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.6%28.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-20.3%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-20.6%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-16.8%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.1%2.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Kihei    6 Reviews

I live in Kihei, on the sunny South West shore of the island of Maui. Do not believe all the rubbish you hear about Hawaii being an expensive place to live. Much  More

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Over 15 years ago

we have lived here for over 20 years, raised our kids and really enjoyed living here. the cost of living here has gone out of control. we are retiring soon and plan to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Hawaii is a wonderful state to live in for many reasons. We have wonderful weather (no need for those winter clothes!!) which is great for outdoors most of the year.   More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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ZIPS IN KIHEI, HAWAII
96753
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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