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Albany, CA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Raleigh has been positive.
- Raleigh has 2.2% more unemployment than Albany.
- Raleigh job growth has increased by 17.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Albany, CARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.5%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.8%44.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.0%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.1%-2.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.8%17.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN ALBANY, CALIFORNIA
94706
ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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