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La Center, WA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portland has been positive.
- Portland has 0.7% less unemployment than La Center.
- Portland job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.

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 La Center, WAPortland, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.2%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.9%42.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.7%-4.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth10.4%2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth18.8%11.8%6.3%

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Reviews for La Center    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We moved to La Center 18 months ago from Vancouver, WA. Came here because we had heard how good the schools are and wanted to move to a smaller town. It is beautiful  More

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Over 18 years ago

our family has just moved to LaCenter,WA. from Vancouver,WA after eighteen years. This is truly a wonderful little town of 2100 residences. Friendly, pictursque,and very  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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ZIPS IN LA CENTER, WASHINGTON
98629
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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