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Cockeysville, MD vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbia has been positive.
- Columbia has 1.5% more unemployment than Cockeysville.
- Columbia job growth has increased by 15.4% in the past 10 years.
 Cockeysville, MDColumbia, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Cockeysville    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Terrific town within 30 minutes of downtown Baltimore, but set in the beautiful horse-country of Northern Baltimore County. Easy access to the Gunpowder Falls park and  More

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What makes Cockeysville so great is that it's less than a 20 minute drive from both downtown Baltimore, and the more rural areas of MD. Towson, mainly a large college  More

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Over 19 years ago

Cockeysville is a a small community. Its great if you're an "outdoors" person! There are alot of great trails in area for running, bike riding, and hiking. Not much of a  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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