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Rochester, MN vs Arlington, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Arlington has been positive.
- Arlington has 2.7% less unemployment than Rochester.
- Arlington job growth has increased by 17.0% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Rochester, MNArlington, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.6%6.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.7%40.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-0.9%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-0.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.0%4.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%17.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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Reviews for Arlington    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Arlington is a nice area, however the property taxes are very high. We built a home here in 2015 . The home is similar to the one we lived in in Arlington's "twin" city  More

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Arlington is north of Seattle. Like the entire Greater Seattle area, the quality of life is easy going. The weather is generally gentle all year long. A little snow in  More

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Over 15 years ago

We live on the West side of I-5, area known as Smokey Point/Lakewood/7 Lakes. As do several other family members. The area still has a very rural feeling without driving  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON
98223

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