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Watsonville, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 11.0% more unemployment than Watsonville.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Watsonville, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment19.0%8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth23.3%24.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.8%-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.6%-3.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.0%-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%10.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Watsonville    3 Reviews

We live in a nice area and love the climate but cost of living have gotten way out of hand. Vandals walk around smashing windows over and over without getting  More

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the cost of housing is slightly more affordable (just slightly). Close to the beach and near perfect weather. Especially during summer when it was 107 in San Jose' it  More

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Over 18 years ago

Nice neighborhood, but since moving here we have not felt a sense of  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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ZIPS IN WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA
95076 95019
ZIPS IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
93307, 93306, 93309, 93312, 93313, 93304, 93311, 93305, 93301, 93220, 10 total

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