2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Magnolia, AR vs Ruston, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Ruston has been positive.
- Ruston has 1.5% more unemployment than Magnolia.
- Ruston job growth has increased by 5.4% in the past 10 years.
 Magnolia, ARRuston, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth12.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-11.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Magnolia    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Yes, do they still lynch people here? I saw they had quite an instance of that in 1919. Enough  More

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Over 15 years ago

my family and i moved here from shreveport,la to be close to my mom.it was okay for the first couple of months,but after visiting ,mosquito breeding ground logoly state  More

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Over 17 years ago

The city of Magnolia is now building a new hospital called the Magnolia Regional Medical  More

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Reviews for Ruston    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Back stabbing little town you want get anywhere with out knowing people or have  More

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Very difficult to find a job here if you’re not hired by the university. When my husband got a job with the university, I didn’t think it would be so difficult for me  More

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