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Austin, TX vs Lakewood, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lakewood has been positive.
- Lakewood has 5.5% less unemployment than Austin.
- Lakewood job growth has increased by 3.7% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Austin, TXLakewood, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%10.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%33.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-12.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%-3.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Lakewood has a great sport  More

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Over 12 years ago

I've lived in Lakewood for 23 1/2 yrs and absolutely love "my" city. It is a good sized city with a small town feel. We have many beautiful parks available, great  More

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Over 15 years ago

climat is one of the  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA
90712 90713 90715

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