2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
West Lafayette, IN vs Lexington, KY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lexington has been positive.
- Lexington has 1.4% less unemployment than West Lafayette.
- Lexington job growth has increased by 7.0% in the past 10 years.
 West Lafayette, INLexington, KYUnited States
 Current Unemployment2.9%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.5%37.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.2%-4.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%-3.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.1%0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth69.5%7.0%6.3%
Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 10 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 13 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  More

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