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Iowa City, IA vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in West Lafayette has been positive.
- West Lafayette has 0.6% more unemployment than Iowa City.
- West Lafayette job growth has decreased by 69.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Iowa City, IAWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.5%2.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.5%36.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.9%-7.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.2%2.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.3%5.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.6%69.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 10 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 13 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242
ZIPS IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47906 47907

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