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Newark, NJ vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbus has been positive.
- Columbus has 7.3% more unemployment than Newark.
- Columbus job growth has increased by 14.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Newark, NJColumbus, OHUnited States
 Current Unemployment13.0%5.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth18.1%34.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.4%-0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.9%4.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.3%14.9%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 Columbus    156 Reviews

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Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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ZIPS IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
07105 07104 07107 07106 07103 07112 07108 07114 07102
ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total

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