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Fort Smith, AR vs Olive Branch, MS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Olive Branch has been positive.
- Olive Branch has 1.1% more unemployment than Fort Smith.
- Olive Branch job growth has increased by 16.4% in the past 10 years.
 Fort Smith, AROlive Branch, MSUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock7.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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Reviews for Olive Branch    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Olive Branch used to be the perfect small town with large city access, but the city of Memphis became so bad we've been affected tremendously over the past few years.   More

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We moved to Olive Branch, MS in 2002 and have been very pleased with our choice. Housing is less expensive than in the other Memphis Metro areas and with the tax breaks  More

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Over 18 years ago

city struggling to keep up with  More

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