2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
South Bend, IN vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 2.8% more unemployment than South Bend.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.
 South Bend, INSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.0%28.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.3%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.4%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.1%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.6%2.7%6.3%
Reviews for South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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