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Waukesha, WI vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Thornton has been positive.
- Thornton has 2.6% less unemployment than Waukesha.
- Thornton job growth has increased by 22.7% in the past 10 years.
 Waukesha, WIThornton, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.2%47.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.5%-5.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.0%0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.5%7.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.5%22.7%6.3%
Reviews for Waukesha    7 Reviews

I lived in waukesha for 37 years. It's home, it's where I grew up but it's a bit of a dump. They're trying hard to make it nice but its just not that great of a place to  More

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Over 11 years ago

I lived in Waukesha in 2006 while on a contract position for a precast design company. I found Waukesha to be a very enjoyable place to live. It is a very place to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

Waukesha is a small city, 65K population, with the amenities of a larger town. Its access to library, daily shopping, mainline restaurant fare and outside activity is  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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