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Parkersburg, WV vs Buckhannon, WV

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- Job Growth in Buckhannon has been positive.
- Buckhannon has 0.2% more unemployment than Parkersburg.
- Buckhannon job growth has increased by 7.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Parkersburg, WVBuckhannon, WVUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.5%7.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth17.9%26.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.1%-4.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-1.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.6%-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%-7.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Parkersburg    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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Over 14 years ago

Just like most places, Parkersburg definitely has it's pros and cons. The pros: pretty low crime rate (although it's growing more and more every year), typically no  More

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Have worked at St Josephs for the past 11 weeks as a travel RN in the CVICU. A very friendly hospital, great hospitalist and physician availability with CV surgeons of  More

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Reviews for Buckhannon    2 Reviews

Buckhannon is a descent little town that WV Wesleyan College is apart of. I went to college there and also was a resident there in town for a few years after graduating.  More

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Buckhannon has a small population of about 6,000 people, but in my time of growing up here I have seen, people stabbed at skate parks and public hangouts, any drug you  More

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