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Dothan, AL vs Santa Maria, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Maria has been positive.
- Santa Maria has 7.8% less unemployment than Dothan.
- Santa Maria job growth has increased by 7.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Dothan, ALSanta Maria, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.8%11.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.7%24.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.3%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.7%-1.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.3%-1.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.0%7.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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ZIPS IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA
36301 36303 36305
ZIPS IN SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
93458 93454

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