2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Cape Coral, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Cape Coral has been positive.
- Cape Coral has 0.5% less unemployment than Santa Barbara.
- Cape Coral job growth has increased by 31.3% in the past 10 years.
 Santa Barbara, CACape Coral, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock6.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Reviews for Cape Coral    48 Reviews

95% of Cape Coral is a lifeless & soulless money-making area, yet the local hypocrisy goes as far as blaming every issue on the recent hurricane, which one has literally  More

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Over 7 years ago

I moved to the area from Bradenton/Sarasota area. Lived here since 2003. My youngest has been in day care all the way to a sophomore in high school now. Schools are  More

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Over 10 years ago

Growing community with lots of land.   More

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