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St. Cloud, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sarasota has been positive.
- Sarasota has 1.2% more unemployment than St. Cloud.
- Sarasota job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 St. Cloud, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth57.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth44.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for St. Cloud    11 Reviews

Small town with big city crowds. This area is is choked with people and it’s just growing. But no infrastructure to go with it. We have long lines EVERYWHERE we go. Huge  More

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Carly McDonah comes to Godwin Realty with 10 years of experience in residential real estate, working with both buyers and sellers around the St. Cloud and Kissimmee  More

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I agree wholeheartedly with the opinion of the topic posted above mine. I used to live here over twenty years ago. I lived here for a few years and then left and did not  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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