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Boone, NC vs Lafayette, IN

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- Job Growth in Lafayette has been positive.
- Lafayette has 1.5% less unemployment than Boone.
- Lafayette job growth has increased by 2.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Boone, NCLafayette, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.4%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.6%37.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.5%-7.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%-7.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.8%-5.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth5.5%2.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Boone    15 Reviews

Not sure where they got the rents from. Maybe not updated as there is nowhere to rent in Boone. Unless a student and they are paying $1000+ for 1 bedroom/bath shared  More

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Over 10 years ago

Boone and the High Country's climate is unique to North Carolina and the Southeast. It's cool summers and snowy winters are much more comparable to places much farther  More

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The area is beautiful - living in the Blue Ridge Mountains is gorgeous. But .. the views don't pay the bills. Housing is overpriced. You are better off living  More

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Reviews for Lafayette    16 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I have lived here for 12 years and in a smaller town 20 miles away for over 35 years and like the people. But crime is on the rise, more arrests lately related to people  More

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Over 12 years ago

Lafayette still has a small town atmosphere. It is a wonderful place to raise children. There is a strong sense of community. Unfotunately in recent years Lafayette has  More

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I can say I have lived in Lafayette Indiana for 25 years. I'll say that home is home...but I would honestly say in less your a college student at Purdue, I would never  More

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ZIPS IN BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
28607
ZIPS IN LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
47901

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