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Alamosa, CO vs McAllen, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in McAllen has been positive.
- McAllen has 1.0% less unemployment than Alamosa.
- McAllen job growth has increased by 11.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Alamosa, COMcAllen, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%7.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth49.4%36.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.1%-3.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.1%-0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth8.3%3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.1%11.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Alamosa    5 Reviews

Rating 1 out of 5 This place is absolutely Crawling with meth and heroin addicts. They roam the streets, they constantly knock on your door asking for rides and money.  More

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If want to retire in a nice, quiet place where you can live in isolation, you have a steady stream of income from an outside source, you don't have anything valuable  More

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Over 11 years ago

Honestly Alamosa is probably the worst place ever..It sucks..Especially being African-American here..The people show signs of racism which is confusing to me seeing that  More

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Reviews for Mcallen    17 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

My wife and I are snowbirds from Iowa. We tried the McAllen area for a couple of seasons. We didn't like it, and have since opted for Mesa, AZ. Mesa ranked No. 8 in the  More

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On transfer here for two years now. Pros: Daytime traffic is pretty decent, when using Interstate 2. Home prices are cheaper, when compared to the national average.  More

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Over 10 years ago

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ZIPS IN ALAMOSA, COLORADO
81101
ZIPS IN MCALLEN, TEXAS
78501 78504 78503

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