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Spirit Lake, IA vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rapid City has been positive.
- Rapid City has 1.8% more unemployment than Spirit Lake.
- Rapid City job growth has increased by 8.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Spirit Lake, IARapid City, SDUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.9%3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.4%35.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.3%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.2%0.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.7%2.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%8.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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ZIPS IN SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA
51360
ZIPS IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
57701 57702

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