2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Columbus, GA vs Watkinsville, GA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Watkinsville has been positive.
- Watkinsville has 3.2% more unemployment than Columbus.
- Watkinsville job growth has increased by 18.1% in the past 10 years.
 Columbus, GAWatkinsville, GAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock2.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock11.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Columbus    9 Reviews

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

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no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

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This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

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Reviews for Watkinsville    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Watkinsville was a small town twenty years ago. Now all the pieces are in place for Watkinsville and Oconee County to join the ranks of Atlanta outlying coounties as  More

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