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Centerville, UT vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 5.5% less unemployment than Centerville.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Centerville, UTBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth41.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth24.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Centerville    2 Reviews

Centerville is an amazing place nestled between the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mountain. There is very little room to expand which gives home owners the feel of a  More

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Over 19 years ago

This city is very very clean and neat! Not many rundown areas! Have lived here my entire life, people are generally nice. Traffic is getting worse by the year, housing  More

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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 4 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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