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La Grande, OR vs Richland, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Richland has been positive.
- Richland has 2.1% more unemployment than La Grande.
- Richland job growth has increased by 14.1% in the past 10 years.
 La Grande, ORRichland, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.4%5.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.7%39.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.0%-2.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.7%3.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.0%10.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.1%14.1%6.3%
Reviews for La Grande    6 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

When I moved to LaGrande in 2018, my son decided to go to college there. If you are curious about the EOU education, it's what a kid makes of it. He completed a degree  More

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Over 2 years ago

Don’t be fooled by thinking that scenery equals a good place to live. The town is too isolated to be this small with an over abundance of small minded, ignorant people  More

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Growing up in a different small town and making the journey to La Grande for college (home of Eastern Oregon University), I found the migration to La Grande's community  More

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Reviews for Richland    14 Reviews

After spending almost 18 years of my life here arriving at age 36 with 2 children and leaving at 53 Richland is a horrible place to live. The medical care as a whole is  More

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Richland has grown a lot and is getting lots of retirees, it has great weather, great food not all chain restaurants, but has them also. the people are friendly, lots  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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