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Jamestown, NY vs Watertown, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Watertown has been positive.
- Watertown has 0.3% more unemployment than Jamestown.
- Watertown job growth has increased by 15.6% in the past 10 years.
 Jamestown, NYWatertown, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth11.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-18.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  More

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