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Hillsboro, OR vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Kent has been positive.
- Kent has 2.1% less unemployment than Hillsboro.
- Kent job growth has increased by 13.2% in the past 10 years.
 Hillsboro, ORKent, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth46.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth18.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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