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Elk Rapids, MI vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bay City has been positive.
- Bay City has 0.4% more unemployment than Elk Rapids.
- Bay City job growth has increased by 8.3% in the past 10 years.
 Elk Rapids, MIBay City, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.4%  Unlock6.3%
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Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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