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Port Arthur, TX vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Austin has been positive.
- Austin has 11.0% more unemployment than Port Arthur.
- Austin job growth has increased by 25.5% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Port Arthur, TXAustin, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment16.1%5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth14.2%47.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.7%-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.0%1.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.2%6.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-6.5%25.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Port Arthur    9 Reviews

Port arthur and surrounding areas CONS: hot and very humid summers cant go outside during summer hungry mosquitos chase you. Most pdople on the road especially with  More

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Over 9 years ago

Seattle, here we  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live in the Port Acres area of Port Arthur and I like the rural area very much. I do have to wonder what kind of hallucinogenic drugs he had used prior to writing his  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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ZIPS IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
77642 77640 77655
ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total

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