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Puyallup, WA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbia has been positive.
- Columbia has 2.1% more unemployment than Puyallup.
- Columbia job growth has increased by 15.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Puyallup, WAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.6%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.9%34.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.9%-6.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.3%-1.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth10.2%2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth16.5%15.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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ZIPS IN PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON
98372 98371
ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
21044 21045 21046 21029

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