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Watertown, SD vs Custer, SD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Custer has been positive.
- Custer has 0.8% more unemployment than Watertown.
- Custer job growth has increased by 0.5% in the past 10 years.
 Watertown, SDCuster, SDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-1.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Watertown    5 Reviews

Let me start by saying that I've lived all over the US and spent 3 years in Watertown. On the positive side, Watertown has a lot to offer for a town of 22,000 people.   More

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Many lakes with in driving distances and many public hunting areas but if your looking for the night life its not here this is a small town  More

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Watertown in general has alot of old people, if your in Downtown and watch cars go by it seems as though every other car has a elderly person in it. But apart from all  More

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Reviews for Custer    1 Reviews

We retired and moved to the country so I could live my dream of breeding horses. Country living takes a period of adjustment, but I love country living, and it would be  More

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