2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Ashburn, VA vs Palo Alto, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Palo Alto has been positive.
- Palo Alto has 0.6% more unemployment than Ashburn.
- Palo Alto job growth has increased by 7.6% in the past 10 years.
 Ashburn, VAPalo Alto, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.1%3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth43.0%40.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.2%-7.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth9.0%-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth27.0%7.6%6.3%
Reviews for Ashburn    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

We’ve lived here for 10 months and it’s not awesome. The housing costs are insane and the yards are postage stamps with apartments and townhomes lining every road and  More

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Ashburn is part of the growing population of Northern Virginia. A planned community, largely built in the 1990's, Ashburn was one of the first developments in eastern  More

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Over 9 years ago

Weather is great, has all four seasons, minor snow fall and mild  More

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Reviews for Palo Alto    8 Reviews

The Bay Area in general, but Palo Alto specifically provides many of the qualities sought by many; the climate is beautiful, there is access to cultural and recreational  More

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Over 16 years ago

Very  More

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Over 17 years ago

VTA and SamsTrans and Caltrain all provide good service and most times frequency of service is  More

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