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Galax, VA vs Boone, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Boone has been positive.
- Boone has 1.8% more unemployment than Galax.
- Boone job growth has increased by 5.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Galax, VABoone, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.2%3.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.7%38.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.5%-8.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.2%-4.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.0%0.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%5.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Galax    5 Reviews

We moved here 8 years ago from Ohio and love it. We find the people very friendly, the climate nice, and the mountains beautiful. It isn't for everyone as there isn't  More

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Over 9 years ago

nice place to live  More

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Over 14 years ago

Bring your own job (and hopefully a few more), make friends, enlarge your cultural horizons and you will find Galax and Grayson County most agreeable. Inexpensive  More

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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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ZIPS IN GALAX, VIRGINIA
24333
ZIPS IN BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA
28607

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