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West Des Moines, IA vs Castle Rock, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Castle Rock has been positive.
- Castle Rock has 2.0% less unemployment than West Des Moines.
- Castle Rock job growth has increased by 45.3% in the past 10 years.

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 West Des Moines, IACastle Rock, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.3%5.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.2%50.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.0%-4.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.1%6.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.0%24.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.7%45.3%6.3%

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Reviews for West Des Moines    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I just moved here from out-of-state a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised by the broad range of activities and amenities available in this medium sized IA  More

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Over 15 years ago

Am contemplating a move to WDM from the East Coast (NYC). Might there be anyone out there that may have experienced this and could offer guidance or comment. Thanks.   More

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We just moved to West Des Moines and we love it here! We moved here three months ago and every weekend we have been able to do something different and fun. There is  More

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Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 6 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 10 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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ZIPS IN WEST DES MOINES, IOWA
50265 50266
ZIPS IN CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO
80104 80109

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