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Ottumwa, IA vs Mio, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mio has been positive.
- Mio has 3.1% less unemployment than Ottumwa.
- Mio job growth has increased by 3.4% in the past 10 years.
 Ottumwa, IAMio, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-7.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-4.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 12 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 16 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 17 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 Mio    3 Reviews

Bp · Mio, MI
Over 12 years ago

I have lived in mio almost 20 years and I have disliked it for most of it. The schools are lousy, people are judgmental, there are alot of teen pregnancies, the housing  More

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Over 17 years ago

Mio is a small village. It is located in the AuSable River Valley. The air is some of the cleanest in the U.S. and so is the water. The AuSable one of the nation's  More

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We moved here from a bigger town 3 1/2 years ago. My husband used to have a chronic cold and now with the clean air his cold has disappeared. The village is small but  More

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