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Port St. Joe, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sarasota has been positive.
- Sarasota has 0.4% less unemployment than Port St. Joe.
- Sarasota job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Port St. Joe, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-18.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-15.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Port St. Joe    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I lived here for seven years.  More

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We have owned here for 10 years and love it. The pace is slow but deliberate. The growth of the area stagnated when the economy stagnated but we have seen noticeable  More

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Housing in Port St. Joe is readily available, but not affordable. Ever since the paper mill closed several years ago the town has changed from a small close community  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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