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West Lafayette, IN vs South Bend, IN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in South Bend has been positive.
- South Bend has 4.0% less unemployment than West Lafayette.
- South Bend job growth has increased by 4.6% in the past 10 years.

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 West Lafayette, INSouth Bend, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment2.9%6.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.5%36.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.2%-8.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%-6.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.1%-2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth69.5%4.6%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 South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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ZIPS IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47906 47907
ZIPS IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
46614 46628 46615 46613 46617 46601 46616

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