2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Charlotte, MI vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bay City has been positive.
- Bay City has 3.3% less unemployment than Charlotte.
- Bay City job growth has increased by 8.3% in the past 10 years.
 Charlotte, MIBay City, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Charlotte    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I lived in the city for 20 years... it is a great place to live... about 30 minutes to the capital and also 30 minutes to battle Cree there are lots of small town shops  More

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Small town, small town mentality. This neck of the woods is not indicative of Michiganders at all. The people are not friendly or welcoming to outsiders. People here  More

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The police refuse to enforce the noise/nuisance ordinances and as a consequence if you happen to live next to an ignorant person with a dog that barks constantly there  More

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Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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