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Ottumwa, IA vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fort Smith has been positive.
- Fort Smith has 0.6% more unemployment than Ottumwa.
- Fort Smith job growth has increased by 3.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Ottumwa, IAFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.2%4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.4%21.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.7%-3.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%-4.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.1%-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%-3.6%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 Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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ZIPS IN OTTUMWA, IOWA
52501
ZIPS IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
72903 72904 72901 72908 72916

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