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Lafayette, CO vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Meridian has been positive.
- Meridian has 2.0% more unemployment than Lafayette.
- Meridian job growth has decreased by 66.0% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Lafayette, COMeridian, IDUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.4%3.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth46.8%57.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-1.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth6.5%15.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth14.4%31.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth30.9%66.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Lafayette    2 Reviews

The City of Lafayette is trying to be attractive and desirable, so that's something. Being on the outskirts of Boulder and metro Denver has the benefits of quick access  More

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can't say enough good things about Lafayette - it is next to Louisville CO which has been voted the best place to live by Money Magazine.   More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 6 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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ZIPS IN LAFAYETTE, COLORADO
80026
ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642

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