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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Zachary, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Zachary has been positive.
- Zachary has 2.3% more unemployment than Poughkeepsie.
- Zachary job growth has increased by 2.6% in the past 10 years.
 Poughkeepsie, NYZachary, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-4.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-5.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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Reviews for Zachary    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The best schools system in the State of Louisiana; four years in a  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Zachary School District is rated number one in the  More

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