2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Rochester, MN vs Dayton, OH

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Dayton has been positive.
- Dayton has 3.2% less unemployment than Rochester.
- Dayton job growth has increased by 2.9% in the past 10 years.
 Rochester, MNDayton, OHUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.6%6.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.7%27.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-0.9%-4.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.0%-2.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%-2.9%6.3%
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 Dayton    32 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in Dayton Ohio for over 7 years. I live in a historic district within a short walk to Oregon district and down town. The summer concert series at Levitt  More

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Over 6 years ago

Spent years assigned at WPAFB (in Mar 90 - Aug 95') and lived in Oakwood for 5 years. We loved it and have nothing negative to say. Locals were friendly and interested  More

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I spent four and a half miserable years here. Essentially, your only employment opportunities are in healthcare or at the base. I worked at the base; they were  More

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