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Rapid City, SD vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mesa has been positive.
- Mesa has 3.0% less unemployment than Rapid City.
- Mesa job growth has increased by 24.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Rapid City, SDMesa, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.1%6.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.5%47.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.9%5.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.7%14.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth8.6%24.4%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 Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 1 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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ZIPS IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
57701 57702
ZIPS IN MESA, ARIZONA
85204, 85201, 85207, 85205, 85209, 85210, 85202, 85203, 85208, 85206, 14 total

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