2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Portsmouth, VA vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Wasilla has been positive.
- Wasilla has 0.8% more unemployment than Portsmouth.
- Wasilla job growth has increased by 14.9% in the past 10 years.
 Portsmouth, VAWasilla, AKUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.5%7.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.6%19.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.8%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%-1.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.0%2.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.6%14.9%6.3%
Reviews for Portsmouth    4 Reviews

I have lived in Westhaven neighborhood in Portsmouth for 23 yrs. I have never smelled a paper mill in Portsmouth. I grew up in MA about a mile from one, so I know what  More

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Over 14 years ago

Housing not always  More

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Does anyone living near Portsmouth, VA smell a paper  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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