2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Portland, OR vs Columbus, GA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbus has been positive.
- Columbus has 1.6% more unemployment than Portland.
- Columbus job growth has increased by 3.2% in the past 10 years.
 Portland, ORColumbus, GAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%5.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.4%31.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.8%-4.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.6%-5.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-1.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.8%-3.2%6.3%
Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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Reviews for Columbus    9 Reviews

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

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no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

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This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

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