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Lancaster, CA vs Elephant Butte, NM

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Elephant Butte has been positive.
- Elephant Butte has 6.2% more unemployment than Lancaster.
- Elephant Butte job growth has increased by 3.0% in the past 10 years.
 Lancaster, CAElephant Butte, NMUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock9.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 8 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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Reviews for Elephant Butte    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Hot, dry summers, cool winters - housing here is more occupied than what appears on the site. Neighborhoods are middle class and then the unoccupied housing are weekend  More

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