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Birmingham, AL vs Shelby, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Shelby has been positive.
- Shelby has 0.5% more unemployment than Birmingham.
- Shelby job growth has increased by 14.2% in the past 10 years.
 Birmingham, ALShelby, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.6%5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.2%37.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.7%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.4%-1.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.2%3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.2%14.2%6.3%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Shelby    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Not likely you'll settle here out of chance, a job will likely bring you here. I have lived in the Shelby area for the past ten years and have seen an explosion of  More

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