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Akron, OH vs East Orange, NJ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in East Orange has been positive.
- East Orange has 4.1% less unemployment than Akron.
- East Orange job growth has increased by 4.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Akron, OHEast Orange, NJUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%11.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.2%18.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.4%-7.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%-5.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.1%-4.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I grew up and lived in Akron, OH for a majority of my life, with the exception of living in Panama City, FL for 8 years. The town is pretty decent, affordable utilities,  More

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Over 3 years ago

This area is completely run down. Ghetto with a capital  More

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My goodness, I had to create an account to counterbalance all the negative people. I grew up in Ellet, went to an Akron Public School, graduated with a bachelor's from  More

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Reviews for East Orange    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

East Orange was once the most beautiful city in the county of Essex. The city is being taken over by gangs and drugs. There is too many guns in our  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you think Newark, NJ is bad, visit East Orange. Newark at least has a plan for recovery. The plan will eventually fail but at least there are some bright spots   More

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Over 18 years ago

COL is very high where I live. Am looking to relocate out of  More

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ZIPS IN AKRON, OHIO
44312, 44310, 44313, 44305, 44306, 44320, 44314, 44301, 44311, 44303, 14 total
ZIPS IN EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY
07017 07018

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