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Yonkers, NY vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 0.9% more unemployment than Yonkers.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Yonkers, NYPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.6%8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.5%26.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.3%-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.1%-4.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.4%-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.0%-5.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Yonkers    7 Reviews

This Year

I lived in Yonkers my entire life, close enough to the city with less congestion. Some areas are difficult to access, and you must have a car to get around. There are a  More

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I've lived in this city for over 20 years in the Bryn Mawr section and I love it. We are the closest suburb to NYC. I can go and watch a broadway show and be back at  More

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My family and I have lived in northeast Yonkers for 18 years after leaving the grime and crime of Manhattan (my home). I bought a cute colonial on a quiet street 11  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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ZIPS IN YONKERS, NEW YORK
10701 10705 10704 10710 10708 10703
ZIPS IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
12601

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