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Fayetteville, NC vs Lexington, KY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lexington has been positive.
- Lexington has 2.8% more unemployment than Fayetteville.
- Lexington job growth has increased by 7.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Fayetteville, NCLexington, KYUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.2%37.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.6%-4.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.9%-3.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.1%0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%7.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  More

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ZIPS IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
28314 28306 28304 28311 28303 28301 28307 28310 28305
ZIPS IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
40509, 40517, 40515, 40511, 40503, 40504, 40502, 40508, 40505, 40514, 14 total

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