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Puyallup, WA vs Mount Vernon, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mount Vernon has been positive.
- Mount Vernon has 0.6% more unemployment than Puyallup.
- Mount Vernon job growth has increased by 10.8% in the past 10 years.
 Puyallup, WAMount Vernon, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.9%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock6.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth16.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 3 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 11 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 Mount Vernon    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I'm sure it has its flaws, but what stands with me is that everyone whom i meet here is *so polite!* .. People smile and wave you through in traffic. They speak to you  More

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Over 10 years ago

Very little available on starter home price  More

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Over 11 years ago

It rains here a lot. We joke that when the forecast says a 50% chance of rain that it will rain 50% of the day. However, when the sun shines it is beautiful. It is  More

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