2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Palatine, IL vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 2.3% less unemployment than Palatine.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Palatine, ILBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.7%8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.9%24.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.4%-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-10.1%-3.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-9.9%-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%10.6%6.3%
Reviews for Palatine    7 Reviews

No town is perfect. One flaw in Palatine are that it lacks enough updated, healthier food restaurants. A more serious flaw is that the elementary district does not  More

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Over 14 years ago

The correct total Sales Tax Rate for Palatine, Cook County, IL is 9.5%, not  More

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Over 14 years ago

Palatine is a great community for raising a family. Good schools and extremely low crime rate just add to that point. Minutes to Schaumburg and all the shopping and  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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