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Port Orchard, WA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Meridian has been positive.
- Meridian has 2.4% more unemployment than Port Orchard.
- Meridian job growth has decreased by 66.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Port Orchard, WAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.8%3.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.5%57.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.6%-1.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth4.0%15.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth9.1%31.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth9.2%66.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Port Orchard    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

A bit boring but still a cool antique  More

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Over 5 years ago

We moved here from Phx, AZ. Big change. Hate being hot. I'm not hot, anymore. I haute snakes and scorpions. Don't have any poisonous snakes here, and no scorpions in  More

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Over 11 years ago

High crime rate. High house prices. High cost of  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 6 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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ZIPS IN PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON
98366
ZIPS IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO
83646 83642

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