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Wantagh, NY vs Panama City Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Panama City Beach has been positive.
- Panama City Beach has 1.4% more unemployment than Wantagh.
- Panama City Beach job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Wantagh, NYPanama City Beach, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-6.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Wantagh    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Desirable town. The beach is literally in your backyard and there are no bad surrounding towns, which make it very safe. My neighborhood is a good mix of young  More

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Over 13 years ago

Having lived in Wantagh all my life, I can tell you it is a great place to raise a family, as long as you can afford it. Home prices property taxes and make the price  More

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Wantagh, NY is on Long Island's south shore, lying in Nassau County, in fact a few miles from Jones Beach. Unfortunately it is expensive to live here with taxes reaching  More

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Reviews for Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived here since 2001 and have seen many changes, mainly for the good. Although in the last couple years, and even more so after Hurricane Michael the cost of  More

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Over 6 years ago

I loved this area until I heard the property owners/corporations increased peoples rents between 30% to 90% that were still recovering from last years  More

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Over 12 years ago

Pannama city lived in the neighboring area 6 years loved it . I think you expect to much from such a small town as for the papermill you either put up with the smell or  More

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