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Tuscaloosa, AL vs Montgomery, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Montgomery has been positive.
- Montgomery has 1.4% less unemployment than Tuscaloosa.
- Montgomery job growth has increased by 1.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Tuscaloosa, ALMontgomery, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.4%5.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.2%30.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.5%-3.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.3%-2.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.6%-0.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.5%-1.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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Reviews for Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 5 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

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ZIPS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
35405 35401 35404 35406 35456 35446
ZIPS IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
36117, 36116, 36109, 36108, 36106, 36111, 36110, 36105, 36104, 36107, 14 total

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