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Santee, CA vs Sun City West, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sun City West has been positive.
- Sun City West has 0.3% more unemployment than Santee.
- Sun City West job growth has increased by 24.0% in the past 10 years.
 Santee, CASun City West, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock12.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 14 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 18 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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Reviews for Sun City West    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

We arrived to take possession of our home at then of April (2016). During the first four months we had many days when the temperature reached 120. When I see that  More

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You have been notified for several years per comments posted that there are NO schools in Sun City West. Why do you persist with the posting of cost per pupil in Sun  More

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Over 16 years ago

My wife and I live in a Del Webb retirement community - called Sun City West, in Phoenix Arizona. Since I am now in my early seventies, it has proven to be just perfect  More

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