2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Homer, LA vs Ruston, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Ruston has been positive.
- Ruston has 0.4% more unemployment than Homer.
- Ruston job growth has increased by 5.4% in the past 10 years.
 Homer, LARuston, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth15.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-18.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Homer    2 Reviews

I just received an email, which informed me that an elderly black man was shot on his own front porch, during a family gatherring by two caucasian policemen. No one at  More

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Homer has good and bad traits. The good traits are: it's mostly quiet, cheap, nice people, but some are very mean.the bad traits are: poor education, teenagers are  More

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Reviews for Ruston    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Back stabbing little town you want get anywhere with out knowing people or have  More

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Very difficult to find a job here if you’re not hired by the university. When my husband got a job with the university, I didn’t think it would be so difficult for me  More

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