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Shingletown, CA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Cruz has been positive.
- Santa Cruz has 3.0% more unemployment than Shingletown.
- Santa Cruz job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Shingletown, CASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-7.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Shingletown    3 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for five+ years and truly enjoy the hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, and Lassen Volcanic National Park. Out of the Redding city heat! Love the fun snow  More

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We have been living in Shingletown for 6 years now and after having lived in many different communities my entire life, I find that Shingletown offers the best of  More

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My family and I spent a week in Shingletown with friends last summer. Almost everywhere we went we were accosted by people begging for handouts, even to the point of  More

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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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Over 5 years ago

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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