2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Lakewood, WA vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Tampa has been positive.
- Tampa has 2.8% more unemployment than Lakewood.
- Tampa job growth has increased by 21.5% in the past 10 years.
 Lakewood, WATampa, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.8%5.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%42.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.9%-4.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.3%0.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.2%5.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.7%21.5%6.3%
Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

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Over 15 years ago

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  More

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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