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Houma, LA vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Dothan has been positive.
- Dothan has 3.6% more unemployment than Houma.
- Dothan job growth has increased by 4.0% in the past 10 years.
 Houma, LADothan, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.4%3.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth2.2%29.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.4%-2.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%2.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-15.5%4.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-12.5%4.0%6.3%
Reviews for Houma    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I lived in Houma from 2 years of age until 61. If you love fishing, eating fried/boiled seafood, and enjoy hot humid weather, this is your town. Except for having easy  More

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Over 15 years ago

Houma has absolutely nothing to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Hot summers; significant hurricanes and tropical storms about once every 5  More

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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