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Rifle, CO vs Grand Junction, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Grand Junction has been positive.
- Grand Junction has 1.1% less unemployment than Rifle.
- Grand Junction job growth has increased by 6.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Rifle, COGrand Junction, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.0%7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.5%41.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.8%-4.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.3%-1.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.2%4.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%6.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 7 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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Reviews for Grand Junction    54 Reviews

Grand Junction is another one of those fast growing places due to its cheaper than average cost of living. However with each passing year, that once $600 a month one  More

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I’ve lived in Grand Junction for 18 years, but have been coming here (girlfriend, wife, family) since 1992. I think the biggest change or challenge for long time locals,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Grand Junction for 14 months and it is a nice area, but very expensive to live. There is an ongoing housing crisis due to poor city planning and it has  More

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ZIPS IN RIFLE, COLORADO
81650
ZIPS IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
81501 81503 81506 81505

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