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Imperial Beach, CA vs National City, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in National City has been positive.
- National City has 0.2% more unemployment than Imperial Beach.
- National City job growth has increased by 0.8% in the past 10 years.
 Imperial Beach, CANational City, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock10.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-8.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Imperial Beach    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

In my opinion, imperial beach is the best place to live. IB is the perfect place to raise a family. It has the perfect amount of the good and the bad.  More

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My wife and I moved here from Chula Vista, CA before we knew she was pregnant, attracted by the opportunity to live right near the ocean; in a small, albeit somewhat  More

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Over 19 years ago

Come live in San Diego's most affordable beach community...Imperial  More

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Reviews for National City    1 Reviews

When you can't afford to live anywhere else in the main San Diego metro area...you live in National City or El Cajon. El Cajon has the higher poverty rate, but National  More

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