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Alamosa, CO vs Pocatello, ID

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Pocatello has been positive.
- Pocatello has 3.1% more unemployment than Alamosa.
- Pocatello job growth has increased by 5.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Alamosa, COPocatello, IDUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%3.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth49.4%32.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.1%-2.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.1%0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth8.3%-0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.1%5.2%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 Pocatello    19 Reviews

I’ve read so many positives. I’d be moving as a senior, probably into a senior community. My two questions 1) summer fires. How bad is the smoke, and are there parts of  More

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Over 3 years ago

Love it too  More

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I don't have a review. I actually have some questions. I read about the low cost of living in Pocatello. I am on disability and have an income of 952.00 a month. Is  More

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ZIPS IN ALAMOSA, COLORADO
81101
ZIPS IN POCATELLO, IDAHO
83201 83204 83209

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