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Meridian, ID vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Folsom has been positive.
- Folsom has 1.2% less unemployment than Meridian.
- Folsom job growth has increased by 11.2% in the past 10 years.
 Meridian, IDFolsom, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth57.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth15.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth66.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Meridian    18 Reviews

Over 6 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 7 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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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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