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San Marcos, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lake Forest has been positive.
- Lake Forest has 0.3% more unemployment than San Marcos.
- Lake Forest job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 San Marcos, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.9%5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.4%34.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.6%-9.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.0%-6.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.8%7.2%6.3%

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Reviews for San Marcos    5 Reviews

Just an amazing place to live. I have lived in 7 states and almost countless cities. Sam Marcos is one of the best. This is literally the longest place I have lived  More

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Over 14 years ago

Is this area to expensive for the average income retired  More

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Over 17 years ago

Beautiful Mediterranean climate with bright sunshine and ocean breazes. City is just 15 minutes away from the  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    15 Reviews

As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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ZIPS IN SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA
92069 92078
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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