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West Lafayette, IN vs Providence, RI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Providence has been positive.
- Providence has 5.7% less unemployment than West Lafayette.
- Providence job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 West Lafayette, INProvidence, RIUnited States
 Current Unemployment2.9%8.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.5%28.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.2%-8.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%-7.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.1%-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth69.5%-2.2%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 Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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ZIPS IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47906 47907
ZIPS IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
02909 02908 02907 02906 02905 02903 02912

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