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Los Altos, CA vs Petaluma, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Petaluma has been positive.
- Petaluma has 1.1% less unemployment than Los Altos.
- Petaluma job growth has increased by 6.2% in the past 10 years.
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 Los Altos, CAPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.9%5.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.9%35.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.1%-9.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.0%-8.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.5%-6.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.1%6.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Los Altos    2 Reviews
Phyllis · Los Altos, CA
Expensive
Over 16 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Tony · Sunnyvale, CA
Quality of Life
Over 16 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews
Chris · Petaluma, CA
Old hippies are in charge
Over 3 years ago

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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O · Petaluma, CA
A great place to call home, if you can afford it
Over 3 years ago

We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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Ima · Petaluma, CA
California living at its finest!
Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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94954 94952
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