2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Key West, FL vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Jacksonville has been positive.
- Jacksonville has 1.7% less unemployment than Key West.
- Jacksonville job growth has increased by 12.9% in the past 10 years.
 Key West, FLJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.2%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth14.9%44.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.5%-3.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.3%-1.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-9.1%4.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.6%12.9%6.3%
Reviews for Key West    7 Reviews

I was raised in Key West since 1980, these average cost prices for rent that you are seeing were not even accurate then, let alone now in 2021. The average cost of  More

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I have lived in Key West for the last seven years. During that time, I have observed very little change in the cost of living. I work for a national company that pays  More

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Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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