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Madera, CA vs Meridian, ID

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Meridian has been positive.
- Meridian has 6.6% more unemployment than Madera.
- Meridian job growth has decreased by 66.0% in the past 10 years.
 Madera, CAMeridian, IDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-1.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock31.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Madera    2 Reviews

I live here for the pass 4 years and in these years I lived in a fifth wheeler I owned a RV motor home but my dreams of selling it went out the window on the4 morning  More

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I live in Madera, Ca. and it has been listed in Sperling's BestPlaces as having a home medium price of $315,000 and a population of approx. 35,000. As an update to  More

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Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

New to the area and so far we think it's a great place to live compared to Denver, where we moved from. Quality of life is so much better here! A lot less traffic than  More

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I have been here since 2013 and have watched child after child be diagnosed with Cancer. Many of the children have been diagnosed with "rare" Cancers. It has been  More

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Over 8 years ago

It has changed a lot over the years... Crime rates are still low and people are overall still nice HOWEVER way too many people are moving to my wonderful town! All the  More

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