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Joplin, MO vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Overland Park has been positive.
- Overland Park has 1.0% more unemployment than Joplin.
- Overland Park job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Joplin, MOOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock4.2%-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 Overland Park    38 Reviews

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Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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