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Parkersburg, WV vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bend has been positive.
- Bend has 1.5% more unemployment than Parkersburg.
- Bend job growth has increased by 34.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Parkersburg, WVBend, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.5%6.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth17.9%57.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.1%-2.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%1.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.6%15.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%34.4%6.3%

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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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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 3 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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ZIPS IN PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
26101 26104
ZIPS IN BEND, OREGON
97701 97702

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