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Lancaster, CA vs Monterey, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Monterey has been positive.
- Monterey has 11.8% more unemployment than Lancaster.
- Monterey job growth has increased by 0.2% in the past 10 years.
 Lancaster, CAMonterey, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment15.6%3.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.3%33.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-12.2%-8.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.8%-7.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.4%-5.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%-0.2%6.3%
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 4 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 6 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 Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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