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Bakersfield, CA vs Lakewood, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lakewood has been positive.
- Lakewood has 2.6% less unemployment than Bakersfield.
- Lakewood job growth has increased by 3.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Bakersfield, CALakewood, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%10.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.2%33.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.1%-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%-12.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.4%-9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.6%-3.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  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 BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total
ZIPS IN LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA
90712 90713 90715

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