2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Portage, IN vs Arlington, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Arlington has been positive.
- Arlington has 1.9% more unemployment than Portage.
- Arlington job growth has increased by 9.6% in the past 10 years.
 Portage, INArlington, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Portage    2 Reviews

Just a normal, big town in the Midwest. Decent public schools, sure, pretty safe, indeed and not expensive (yet) to live. On the one hand many normal-sized (mostly old)  More

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Over 19 years ago

Boring but good  More

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Reviews for Arlington    36 Reviews

Lived here 17 years, amazing  More

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Resident for 20 years. There is nothing hidden about Arlington. It is an affluent inner suburb of DC with a highly educated, mostly professional, population. The  More

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We've lived in Arlington for the past 7 years, and have enjoyed it but would prefer a less expensive, more open area. We live in a townhouse in Rosslyn, close to the  More

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