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Muskogee, OK vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Cookeville has been positive.
- Cookeville has 0.3% more unemployment than Muskogee.
- Cookeville job growth has increased by 8.6% in the past 10 years.
 Muskogee, OKCookeville, TNUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock7.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Muskogee    9 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

The worse thing about living in Muskogee, OK is that only approximately 10%, or less, of the jobs here pay over minimum wage. There are a lot of vacancies for minimum  More

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Over 12 years ago

I've lived in Muskogee for over 35 years. All of my family lives in Oregon. Ore. & Okla. are as different as night and day! People are very friendly here, and we want to  More

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Over 13 years ago

Living in Muskogee, you will see many cops at roadblocks,and pulling people over, to help get the funding they need to hire more cops,and you will have access to lakes  More

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Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived in Cookeville for around 7 years non consecutively. Don’t expect to go on a walk here. Sidewalks are fairly abundant but they are not well maintained and there  More

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My wife and I both moved here to work for state government. Other people are right, the pay is awful, hovering around $28k for people with masters and doctorates. Rental  More

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Been here for 4-5 years now, crime is on the rise and pay is stagnant, don't look for much over 28k a year in gross income here. Lots of areas are getting metro  More

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