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Houston, TX vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Parker has been positive.
- Parker has 2.4% more unemployment than Houston.
- Parker job growth has increased by 30.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXParker, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%48.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-4.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%3.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%17.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%30.8%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 Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN PARKER, COLORADO
80134 80138

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