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Joplin, MO vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbia has been positive.
- Columbia has 0.5% more unemployment than Joplin.
- Columbia job growth has increased by 15.4% in the past 10 years.
 Joplin, MOColumbia, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Joplin    22 Reviews

Wow, this content is dated. Here's an update on Joplin: The Joplin community is rapidly becoming an affordable, livable version of the urban lifestyle that offers  More

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Over 10 years ago

Joplin is inexpensive to live in however humidity is through the roof if you have a roof due to the threat of tornados here. Winters are mild but usually instead of  More

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Over 12 years ago

Winter lasts about 4 months and is fairly cold. Mostly cloudy and dreary with very little if any snow. Spring lasts about 6 weeks and has plenty of rain. Summer lasts  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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