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Richmond, VA vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Kent has been positive.
- Kent has 0.2% more unemployment than Richmond.
- Kent job growth has increased by 13.2% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Richmond, VAKent, WAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%7.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.1%37.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.7%-0.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.9%2.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.6%13.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
ZIPS IN KENT, WASHINGTON
98031 98030 98032

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