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Oak Ridge, TN vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fort Smith has been positive.
- Fort Smith has 0.2% less unemployment than Oak Ridge.
- Fort Smith job growth has increased by 3.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Oak Ridge, TNFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.4%4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.4%21.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.2%-3.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.1%-4.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-0.1%-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.7%-3.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Oak Ridge    8 Reviews

Overall it's on the positive side. It's pretty boring but it can feel like a real home at times. It could stand to be a hair closer to Western Knoxville.. Melton lake  More

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Over 4 years ago

Oak Ridge is located in beautiful East TN, has excellent public schools, is very safe for families, and is only 15-30 min away from Knoxville.  More

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Marginal, at best. Lack of social and business skills to perform anything but menial tasks. No clue about customer service, business etiquette or basic business  More

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Reviews for Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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ZIPS IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
37830
ZIPS IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
72903 72904 72901 72908 72916

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