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Hampden, MA vs Essex, CT

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Essex has been positive.
- Essex has 0.7% more unemployment than Hampden.
- Essex job growth has increased by 4.7% in the past 10 years.
 Hampden, MAEssex, CTUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Hampden    1 Reviews

I have lived here for 9 years. People are rude, delusional, and completely entitled. People sit at the town gas pump and talk for 10 minutes not pumping gas. The same  More

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