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Oxford, CT vs Spirit Lake, IA

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- Job Growth in Spirit Lake has been positive.
- Spirit Lake has 2.4% more unemployment than Oxford.
- Spirit Lake job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.
 Oxford, CTSpirit Lake, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Oxford    3 Reviews

The overview of Oxford seems odd to me as it lists, as part of the cons, areas of urban decay. Not sure how, where or what they were looking at. Oxford was once a  More

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Oxford is a lovely town but offers little to no service and taxes it's residents out of their homes. Too bad because it wasn't always that way but the current political  More

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Over 17 years ago

Nice people. Lots of community  More

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Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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