2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Long Beach, CA vs Port Townsend, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Port Townsend has been positive.
- Port Townsend has 3.9% more unemployment than Long Beach.
- Port Townsend job growth has increased by 4.7% in the past 10 years.
 Long Beach, CAPort Townsend, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock13.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Port Townsend    8 Reviews

We live a little over an hour away and absolutely love Port Townsend and the surrounding areas. There are a lot of surprises. There are great places to eat, live music,  More

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I loved living in Port Townsend for about 20 years. It’s a quiet and safe town with several festivals, art, music, and more. The main economy is centered around tourism  More

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Transplant Californians are selling their shacks for a million, and purchasing homes here for twice what they should cost due to supply and demand. Port Townsend is a  More

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