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Cocoa, FL vs Bowie, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bowie has been positive.
- Bowie has 1.8% less unemployment than Cocoa.
- Bowie job growth has increased by 5.8% in the past 10 years.
 Cocoa, FLBowie, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Cocoa    6 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Cocoa benefits = super low property taxes, very little hurricane damage in last 40 years, grow anything (we grow 40% of what we eat in a regular neighborhood lot) 17  More

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Over 15 years ago

We have lived in cocoa FL for 7yrs and rockledge before cocoa for 20yrs,we now live in cocoa,it's a very dirty town has nothing to offer,the crime yet unreported  More

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Over 17 years ago

A great place to  More

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Reviews for Bowie    15 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Bowie should have better department stores. One has to travel to another city to find a Nordstroms and other upscale stores. Bowie Towne Center seems to bring in lesser  More

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Over 11 years ago

I grew up in Bowie in the 1980s. At the time, despite being in PG County which was nicknamed DC's ugly city because its demographics and crime were similar to the  More

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Over 14 years ago

COST TO MUCH TO LIVE  More

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