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La Grande, OR vs Mount Vernon, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mount Vernon has been positive.
- Mount Vernon has 0.2% more unemployment than La Grande.
- Mount Vernon job growth has increased by 10.8% in the past 10 years.
 La Grande, ORMount Vernon, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.4%7.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.7%35.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.0%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.7%0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.0%6.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.1%10.8%6.3%
Reviews for La Grande    6 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

When I moved to LaGrande in 2018, my son decided to go to college there. If you are curious about the EOU education, it's what a kid makes of it. He completed a degree  More

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Over 2 years ago

Don’t be fooled by thinking that scenery equals a good place to live. The town is too isolated to be this small with an over abundance of small minded, ignorant people  More

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Growing up in a different small town and making the journey to La Grande for college (home of Eastern Oregon University), I found the migration to La Grande's community  More

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Reviews for Mount Vernon    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I'm sure it has its flaws, but what stands with me is that everyone whom i meet here is *so polite!* .. People smile and wave you through in traffic. They speak to you  More

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Over 9 years ago

Very little available on starter home price  More

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Over 10 years ago

It rains here a lot. We joke that when the forecast says a 50% chance of rain that it will rain 50% of the day. However, when the sun shines it is beautiful. It is  More

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