2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Opelika, AL vs Panama City, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Panama City has been positive.
- Panama City has 1.5% less unemployment than Opelika.
- Panama City job growth has increased by 4.3% in the past 10 years.
 Opelika, ALPanama City, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.8%5.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.8%27.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.6%-4.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.3%-9.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.9%-11.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.5%-4.3%6.3%
Reviews for Opelika    1 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Traffic is terrible...To many restaurants and banks..Nothing to do ..we need a theme park or somewhere to go and ride rides and enjoy family ..Cut out city  More

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Reviews for Panama City    20 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved here from Akron, OH back in 2007 and was expecting a huge city (similar to Miami), nope, I was wrong. It ended up being more like a backwards redneck town more  More

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Over 3 years ago

If you love bars, trailers, isolation, and generic shopping while feeling depressed then this is the place for you. Panama City has alot of shallow people, most red  More

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This review is from a 24 year resident moved from Michigan. When I first moved, I missed the bigger city things like a university, large library, electronics stores, and  More

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