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Carrboro, NC vs Charlotte, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Charlotte has been positive.
- Charlotte has 1.7% less unemployment than Carrboro.
- Charlotte job growth has increased by 25.9% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Carrboro, NCCharlotte, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.2%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.5%45.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.0%-0.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.3%6.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.1%25.9%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 Charlotte    305 Reviews

My favorite city to live year round with 4 seasons. We love Charlotte  More

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Over 2 years ago

This city has a lot of potential, but it could use some work. For example, it seems to lack things that other cities have. And there is a lack of atmosphere and charm.  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very new transplant (~6 weeks) so first impressions and reasons why I moved here: -great year-round weather, if you don't mind humidity-- less hot in summer than TX/AZ  More

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ZIPS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
28269, 28277, 28215, 28227, 28216, 28210, 28205, 28212, 28262, 28213, 27 total

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