2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Little Rock, AR vs Lakewood, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lakewood has been positive.
- Lakewood has 1.9% less unemployment than Little Rock.
- Lakewood job growth has increased by 6.7% in the past 10 years.
 Little Rock, ARLakewood, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.9%7.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.2%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.5%-2.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.2%1.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.1%5.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.0%6.7%6.3%
Reviews for Little Rock    59 Reviews

I grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and moved to Little Rock in 2007. I decided to move out of state in 2014, but I definitely enjoyed my time in Little Rock. It is  More

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Little Rock is a city that I thoroughly researched before moving to, but nothing prepared me for the hills! They're even steeper than San Francisco, and they're  More

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After leaving critical reviews for a LOT of different cities, I finally found my home. Before moving to Little Rock, I had researched nearly every medium/big city in the  More

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Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

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Over 15 years ago

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  More

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