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Boone, IA vs Coon Rapids, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Coon Rapids has been positive.
- Coon Rapids has 0.5% more unemployment than Boone.
- Coon Rapids job growth has increased by 9.3% in the past 10 years.
 Boone, IACoon Rapids, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Boone    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

As long as you grew up here, or have a relative who did, you will do just fine. Outsiders...they don't want them! Other than a railroad employee, or two, in 5 years, I  More

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Over 12 years ago

Lived there 5 years; other than a few railroad employees, everyone I ran into was related to someone in the community. Most are either resistant to change, or have a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Lived there 5 years; other than a few railroad employees, everyone I ran into was related to someone in the community. Most are either resistant to change, or have a  More

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Reviews for Coon Rapids    2 Reviews

Coon Rapids is home to the 4,300 Whiterock Conservancy land trust. Besides owning the Garst Farm visited by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959, Whiterock has the darkest skies,  More

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Over 15 years ago

Small town Coon Rapids is a creative place with a growing "rural art" movement. Theatre productions over the last two years have included Farmscape by Iowa's Poet  More

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