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Houston, TX vs Roy, UT

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Roy has been positive.
- Roy has 4.8% more unemployment than Houston.
- Roy job growth has increased by 15.1% in the past 10 years.
 Houston, TXRoy, UTUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-0.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock8.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 4 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 4 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 4 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 Roy    1 Reviews

I decided to make a comment about Roy, Utah because I saw that no one else had made a comment about it yet! I lived in Roy for a little over two years and I thought it  More

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