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Rochester, MN vs Puyallup, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Puyallup has been positive.
- Puyallup has 3.0% less unemployment than Rochester.
- Puyallup job growth has increased by 16.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Rochester, MNPuyallup, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.6%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.7%42.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-0.9%-2.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.8%3.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.0%10.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%16.5%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 Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  More

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ZIPS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
55901 55904 55902 55906 55905
ZIPS IN PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON
98372 98371

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