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Houston, TX vs Franklin, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Franklin has been positive.
- Franklin has 3.8% more unemployment than Houston.
- Franklin job growth has increased by 4.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Houston, TXFranklin, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%4.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%30.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-4.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-0.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%1.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%4.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Franklin    4 Reviews

Great mountain town. Friendly people and lots to do.  More

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Over 9 years ago

I agree with some of the posts on here saying that Franklin is more than willing to take your money, but it's difficult to fit in if you 'aren't from around here, are  More

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Franklin will welcome you if you are a vacationer but move here and it is a whole different story. We are one of those families that would vacation here every year and  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA
28734

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