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Lake Stevens, WA vs Port Orchard, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Port Orchard has been positive.
- Port Orchard has 0.7% more unemployment than Lake Stevens.
- Port Orchard job growth has increased by 9.2% in the past 10 years.
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 Lake Stevens, WAPort Orchard, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.5%5.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth41.8%36.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-2.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.2%4.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth8.0%9.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth22.2%9.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Lake Stevens    7 Reviews
Jim · Lake Stevens, WA
Best Small Town
Over 14 years ago

I lived all over the country and the world for 27 yrs and moved into Lake Stevens 12 yrs ago. Absolutely a great place to live! Our 3 girls have done well in the  More

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Jim · Bellingham, WA
Lake Stevens - bedroom community, and not much els
Over 15 years ago

My family and I lived in Lake Stevens for 7 years (2000 to 2007). It is a nice bedroom community that has good schools (get involved parents), low crime, and an ok lake  More

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Esther · Lake Stevens, WA
corruption- infighting- censure
Over 16 years ago

10 years ago Lake Stevens was a nice little quiet town. Small town politics created their own megajobs, money, power and infighting. 2007 had a mayoral coups d'etats  More

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Reviews for Port Orchard    8 Reviews
White · Port Orchard, WA
It's Okay
Over 5 years ago

A bit boring but still a cool antique  More

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Terri · Port Orchard, WA
Love living here
Over 5 years ago

We moved here from Phx, AZ. Big change. Hate being hot. I'm not hot, anymore. I haute snakes and scorpions. Don't have any poisonous snakes here, and no scorpions in  More

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melissa · Port Orchard, WA
Port Orchard
Over 11 years ago

High crime rate. High house prices. High cost of  More

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