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Houston, TX vs Mesquite, NV

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mesquite has been positive.
- Mesquite has 0.8% less unemployment than Houston.
- Mesquite job growth has increased by 13.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXMesquite, NVUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%8.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%40.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-13.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-5.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%0.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%13.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Mesquite    13 Reviews

Here's my take on Mesquite. I have a home in Orange County, CA and since 2005, a 2nd (vacation) home in St. George. We have spent much time in Mesquite. My daughter  More

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The rudest, most vile people I have ever met. We were considering retiring here but no way!! Bad drivers, no affordable housing, poor medical care (we would have to  More

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My husband and I visited Mesquite around Christmas as it had been suggested to us as a place to retire, but the impression we had was that retirees are a very large part  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN MESQUITE, NEVADA
89027

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