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Leesburg, VA vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairfax has been positive.
- Fairfax has 0.6% more unemployment than Leesburg.
- Fairfax job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Leesburg, VAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.7%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth43.1%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.5%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth3.9%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth20.9%2.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Leesburg    17 Reviews

Leesburg has grown from a sleepy county seat to a super suburb with terrific parks & rec facilities, an outlet mall, great restaurants (many within the historic old town  More

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Leesburg and the surrounding Loudoun County have high real estate costs, but also high paying jobs/careers. We are close enough to a major metro area (DC) to enjoy all  More

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Over 9 years ago

Cost of living and the property taxes will kill  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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ZIPS IN LEESBURG, VIRGINIA
20176 20175
ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030

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