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Lakewood, WA vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Yelm has been positive.
- Yelm has 1.9% more unemployment than Lakewood.
- Yelm job growth has increased by 15.7% in the past 10 years.
 Lakewood, WAYelm, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock11.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.7%  Unlock6.3%
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 7 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 16 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 Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  More

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