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Kennewick, WA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Cruz has been positive.
- Santa Cruz has 1.3% more unemployment than Kennewick.
- Santa Cruz job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Kennewick, WASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.8%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.6%33.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.9%-9.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.5%-9.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth9.9%-7.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.9%1.4%6.3%
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 3 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 Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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