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Carrboro, NC vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Austin has been positive.
- Austin has 1.9% less unemployment than Carrboro.
- Austin job growth has increased by 25.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Carrboro, NCAustin, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.2%5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.5%47.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.0%1.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.3%6.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.1%25.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 14 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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ZIPS IN CARRBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
27510
ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total

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