2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Kennewick, WA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Barbara has been positive.
- Santa Barbara has 1.7% more unemployment than Kennewick.
- Santa Barbara job growth has increased by 2.7% in the past 10 years.
 Kennewick, WASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Kennewick    24 Reviews

Born here and lived most of my 48 years here. If people haven't gotten out and explored the versatility of this place to entertain a population at my levels and options  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived here for 30 years. Very good place to live. Three major rivers meet here. The Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers. So if you like fishing or boating it’s a  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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