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Pahrump, NV vs Taft, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Taft has been positive.
- Taft has 5.4% less unemployment than Pahrump.
- Taft job growth has increased by 7.4% in the past 10 years.
 Pahrump, NVTaft, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock11.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth5.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-4.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Pahrump    28 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

There is so much new blood here and it's young. With the opening of Arby's, Chipotle, and maybe Dutch Brothers it's starting to feel a lot bigger than it used to. There  More

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Over 3 years ago

We moved to Pahrump about 7 years ago after our home in Las Vegas sold to the first couple looking at it, and we couldn't find a home there that we liked in our price  More

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Someone needs to update this information. Things have changed. The Town of Pahrump is making changes. No one wants negative comments about where they live, and the fact  More

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Reviews for Taft    3 Reviews

J · Taft, CA
Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here over 50 years. It use to be a wonderful place to grow up with a thriving downtown and jobs were plentiful. This is no longer the case in Taft. Jobs are  More

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I've lived in Taft for over 5 years. It's a nice community and very friendly people as long as you get involved, either through school or local churches. I've met many  More

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Over 17 years ago

the city of taft is located in southern California,a small community yet just 20 minutes from a large and thriving city "bakersfield" over 300000 people .amazingly you  More

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