2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Highland Park, IL vs Palm Desert, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Palm Desert has been positive.
- Palm Desert has 1.7% less unemployment than Highland Park.
- Palm Desert job growth has increased by 16.0% in the past 10 years.
 Highland Park, ILPalm Desert, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Highland Park    3 Reviews

You can sail on Lake Michigan, and your culture differences are welcomed. look up "North Shore Yacht Club" for sailing and kayaking  More

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Highland Park (and the village of Highwood, which it surrounds) is a great place to live, offering a unique combination of benefits. First, it is on the shore of Lake  More

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Over 19 years ago

A wonderful place to rasie a family, but quite expensive. Great schools, but the "wealth culture" of this tony Chicago suburb causes a lot of anxiety among the kids.   More

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Reviews for Palm Desert    14 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Palm Desert, CA is full of rude people. One woman in a long sleeved pink shirt is being extremely rude and mocking people for no reason at a neighborhood Walmart in Palm  More

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Palm Desert is clean, upscale and beautiful. The views of the Santa Rosa Mountains bright blue sky and green expanses of golf course fairways, swimming pools and  More

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I made the mistake of moving here after a short vacation to be closer to family. Biggest mistake of my life! This is not the place to live if health is important to you.  More

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