2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Rochester, MN vs Kansas City, KS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Kansas City has been positive.
- Kansas City has 1.8% less unemployment than Rochester.
- Kansas City job growth has increased by 7.0% in the past 10 years.
 Rochester, MNKansas City, KSUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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Reviews for Kansas City    15 Reviews

Avoid living in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte Co.) by all means! We made the mistake of moving to this dump. High crime, high unemployment, murders daily, dilapidated  More

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Over 10 years ago

hello  More

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Over 10 years ago

nice weather if you like changing  More

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