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Ottumwa, IA vs Dubuque, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Dubuque has been positive.
- Dubuque has 0.6% more unemployment than Ottumwa.
- Dubuque job growth has increased by 1.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Ottumwa, IADubuque, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.2%4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.4%22.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.7%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%-3.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.1%-5.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%-1.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 15 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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Reviews for Dubuque    15 Reviews

I have been here for 3 years. I enjoy it here. I travel all over the country for work. Dubuque is the perfect size of city for me. I was born and raised in the Pacific  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Dubuque for over 25 years. Dubuque is not a very good place to live if you are open minded and want to experience new things. Dubuque is an old town with  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dubuque, IA is a great town to live   More

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ZIPS IN OTTUMWA, IOWA
52501
ZIPS IN DUBUQUE, IOWA
52001 52002 52003

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