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Great Bend, KS vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbia has been positive.
- Columbia has 0.3% more unemployment than Great Bend.
- Columbia job growth has increased by 9.1% in the past 10 years.
 Great Bend, KSColumbia, MOUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.3%3.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth15.1%26.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-1.5%-3.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-2.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%-2.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.6%9.1%6.3%
Reviews for Great Bend    4 Reviews

I've lived in Great Bend my entire life. Most small towns struggle with new businesses and industry. But life is what you make it. We have excellent schools and a low  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have lived here most of my life and have seen many opportunities for Bussiness Growth to help the economy and in 40+ years have not seen much if any growth to boost  More

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Over 16 years ago

Great Bend's economy is failing. There are no jobs and nothing new coming to town. This town is shrinking. The small town cost of living is great, but only if you can  More

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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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