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Hickory, NC vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Overland Park has been positive.
- Overland Park has 1.5% more unemployment than Hickory.
- Overland Park job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Hickory, NCOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%3.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.7%35.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.5%-2.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.5%0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.0%4.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.6%14.4%6.3%
Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 2 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

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Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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