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Yelm, WA vs Lake Forest Park, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lake Forest Park has been positive.
- Lake Forest Park has 0.5% more unemployment than Yelm.
- Lake Forest Park job growth has increased by 18.4% in the past 10 years.
 Yelm, WALake Forest Park, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest Park    1 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived in Lake Forest Park for over 6 years, having been priced out of the Seattle area, and never looked back! After living in Queen Anne in Seattle, we were  More

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