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West Lafayette, IN vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bend has been positive.
- Bend has 3.1% less unemployment than West Lafayette.
- Bend job growth has increased by 34.4% in the past 10 years.

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 West Lafayette, INBend, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment2.9%6.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.5%57.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.2%-2.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%1.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.1%15.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth69.5%34.4%6.3%

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 10 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 13 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 3 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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ZIPS IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47906 47907
ZIPS IN BEND, OREGON
97701 97702

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