2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Royal Oak, MI vs Bay City, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bay City has been positive.
- Bay City has 6.0% less unemployment than Royal Oak.
- Bay City job growth has increased by 8.3% in the past 10 years.
 Royal Oak, MIBay City, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Royal Oak    20 Reviews

Whoever put crime and urban decay as cons for Royal Oak has never been to Royal Oak. It is a very stable and safe suburb with a lot to do and access to many job  More

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Over 14 years ago

Michigan willturn around as soon as they break the bonds with the car companies.  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fun growing  More

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Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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