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Mesa, AZ vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Phoenix has been positive.
- Phoenix has 0.5% less unemployment than Mesa.
- Phoenix job growth has increased by 22.6% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Mesa, AZPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.1%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.1%48.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth5.3%4.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth14.2%11.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth24.4%22.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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Reviews for Phoenix    448 Reviews

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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Phoenix Arizona represents a lot of problems with Arizona but it is the big city which has to carry more burdens than the rest of the greater Phoenix Area. 1.  More

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ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total
ZIPS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
85032, 85033, 85041, 85008, 85035, 85037, 85022, 85009, 85254, 85339, 47 total

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