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Columbia, MO vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in West Lafayette has been positive.
- West Lafayette has 0.1% more unemployment than Columbia.
- West Lafayette job growth has decreased by 69.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Columbia, MOWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.0%2.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.8%36.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.8%-7.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.6%2.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%5.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth9.1%69.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 10 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 13 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
65203 65202 65201 65215
ZIPS IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47906 47907

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