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Portage, IN vs Hamlet, IN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Hamlet has been positive.
- Hamlet has 0.4% more unemployment than Portage.
- Hamlet job growth has increased by 1.5% in the past 10 years.
 Portage, INHamlet, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.8%-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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