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Newark, NJ vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Birmingham has been positive.
- Birmingham has 7.4% more unemployment than Newark.
- Birmingham job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Newark, NJBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment13.0%5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth18.1%29.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.4%-0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.9%0.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.3%2.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Newark    26 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
07105 07104 07107 07106 07103 07112 07108 07114 07102
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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