2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Muncie, IN vs Parkersburg, WV

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Parkersburg has been positive.
- Parkersburg has 2.0% less unemployment than Muncie.
- Parkersburg job growth has increased by 9.7% in the past 10 years.
 Muncie, INParkersburg, WVUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.5%7.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.3%17.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-5.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.4%-3.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%-7.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.0%-9.7%6.3%
Reviews for Muncie    10 Reviews

We moved from Chicago to Muncie and we absolutely love it. The housing prices, taxes, proximity to major cities are all hard to  More

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Over 11 years ago

Muncie offers a nice home town feel with four season  More

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Over 11 years ago

Stay away from Muncie, Indiana. The houses might be cheap, (there's a reason) but the roads are terrible, the cost of living is not any different than anywhere else. The  More

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Reviews for Parkersburg    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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Over 14 years ago

Just like most places, Parkersburg definitely has it's pros and cons. The pros: pretty low crime rate (although it's growing more and more every year), typically no  More

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Have worked at St Josephs for the past 11 weeks as a travel RN in the CVICU. A very friendly hospital, great hospitalist and physician availability with CV surgeons of  More

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