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Hattiesburg, MS vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Birmingham has been positive.
- Birmingham has 0.7% more unemployment than Hattiesburg.
- Birmingham job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Hattiesburg, MSBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.3%5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.7%29.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.6%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%-0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.6%0.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.9%2.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Hattiesburg    10 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Hattiesburg is generally a pleasant city to live in and raise a family, and is a convenient for several weekend destinations, but I'm seriously contemplating a move.  More

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Hattiesburg experiences virtually all of the extremes in weather. The summers are hot and humid. Fall is still pretty nasty, except for the latter part of September.  More

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I grew up in Hattiesburg but have lived in many US & Int'l cities. There is an oddity about Hattiesburg. Many of the average citizens behave cliquishly, live beyond  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
39401 39402 39406
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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