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Rapid City, SD vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Merced has been positive.
- Merced has 6.2% less unemployment than Rapid City.
- Merced job growth has increased by 6.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Rapid City, SDMerced, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.1%9.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.5%33.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.9%-4.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.7%-2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth8.6%6.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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ZIPS IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
57701 57702
ZIPS IN MERCED, CALIFORNIA
95340 95348 95341

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