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Santa Cruz, CA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Rosa has been positive.
- Santa Rosa has 1.7% less unemployment than Santa Cruz.
- Santa Rosa job growth has increased by 7.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Santa Cruz, CASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.8%34.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.8%-9.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.8%-7.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.8%-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.4%7.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
95060 95064
ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405

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