2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Portland, ME vs Ashland, MA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Ashland has been positive.
- Ashland has 0.8% more unemployment than Portland.
- Ashland job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.
 Portland, MEAshland, MAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-8.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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Reviews for Ashland    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Typical Massachussetts town. Quiet, good schools, very liberal, too high property taxes, constantly on a water  More

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Ashland is settled in Middlesex county between the busy Framingham and the high end and expensive Sherborn and Natick. We have the best of both worlds, close to  More

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