2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Harrisonburg, VA vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairfax has been positive.
- Fairfax has 0.9% more unemployment than Harrisonburg.
- Fairfax job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Harrisonburg, VAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.2%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.8%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.7%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.0%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.9%2.8%6.3%
Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 15 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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