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Lakeland, FL vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Tuscaloosa has been positive.
- Tuscaloosa has 1.2% more unemployment than Lakeland.
- Tuscaloosa job growth has increased by 15.5% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Lakeland, FLTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.6%4.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.5%31.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.2%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.5%0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.4%2.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.8%15.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I used to live in Lakeland, It is hot, humid, crowded and getting more crowded, Most of the people are rude and unfriendly. I was born in the area and visit sometimes to  More

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Over 3 years ago

been there a few times i love it and i a m planning to ove this  More

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Over 6 years ago

Perhas if one is from this area, it is different I don't know. It is so dull and seems comfortable being so. There isn't much of a variety of people here, which I   More

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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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ZIPS IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA
33810 33801 33809 33803 33805 33815
ZIPS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
35405 35401 35404 35406 35456 35446

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