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Spirit Lake, IA vs Newton, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Newton has been positive.
- Newton has 0.4% more unemployment than Spirit Lake.
- Newton job growth has increased by 3.3% in the past 10 years.
 Spirit Lake, IANewton, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-1.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Spirit Lake    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

We moved from a medium sized city in the West (about 100,000) to Spirit Lake a few years ago. Although it took a little while to get used to living in a small town  More

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Reviews for Newton    2 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Having lived in Newton for over 23 years, I have seen the face of the community change. It hasn't always been good change, but the town has done much to try to make up  More

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Over 15 years ago

Winters here tend to be cold, with moderate amount of snowfall, starting around Nov-Dec and reaching into Mar-April. Spring generally starts out cold, but warms quickly  More

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