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St. George, UT vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Jonesboro has been positive.
- Jonesboro has 1.2% less unemployment than St. George.
- Jonesboro job growth has increased by 21.0% in the past 10 years.
 St. George, UTJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth55.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth8.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock8.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth42.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

Steven · 

I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 5 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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