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Santa Cruz, CA vs Watsonville, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Watsonville has been positive.
- Watsonville has 14.5% less unemployment than Santa Cruz.
- Watsonville job growth has increased by 0.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Santa Cruz, CAWatsonville, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%19.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.8%23.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.8%-9.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.8%-9.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.8%-8.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.4%-0.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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Reviews for Watsonville    3 Reviews

We live in a nice area and love the climate but cost of living have gotten way out of hand. Vandals walk around smashing windows over and over without getting  More

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the cost of housing is slightly more affordable (just slightly). Close to the beach and near perfect weather. Especially during summer when it was 107 in San Jose' it  More

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Over 18 years ago

Nice neighborhood, but since moving here we have not felt a sense of  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
95060 95064
ZIPS IN WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA
95076 95019

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