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Yelm, WA vs Ridgefield, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Ridgefield has been positive.
- Ridgefield has 0.3% more unemployment than Yelm.
- Ridgefield job growth has increased by 18.8% in the past 10 years.
 Yelm, WARidgefield, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock10.4%-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 Ridgefield    3 Reviews

We have lived in Ridgefield for 16 years. Seen it grow into one of the best places to live in America - if not the best. Not far from I-15, best schools in State,  More

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Over 18 years ago

but it's gotten overrun with yuppie types. Probably what the people that lived here when I moved in thought,  More

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Moved here fifteen years ago from the Montclair area of the Bay Area. Wanted the best of San Francisco Bay Area without the traffic, over population. Less than 20  More

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