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Overland Park, KS vs Battle Creek, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Battle Creek has been positive.
- Battle Creek has 4.5% less unemployment than Overland Park.
- Battle Creek job growth has increased by 3.1% in the past 10 years.
 Overland Park, KSBattle Creek, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-7.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

James · 

Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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