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Lancaster, PA vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbus has been positive.
- Columbus has 4.7% more unemployment than Lancaster.
- Columbus job growth has increased by 14.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Lancaster, PAColumbus, OHUnited States
 Current Unemployment10.4%5.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.3%34.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.4%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.2%4.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.2%14.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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ZIPS IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
17603 17602
ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total

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