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Austin, TX vs Friendswood, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Friendswood has been positive.
- Friendswood has 1.6% less unemployment than Austin.
- Friendswood job growth has increased by 7.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Austin, TXFriendswood, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%6.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%33.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-3.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%7.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Friendswood    3 Reviews

I grew up here and this is a very safe but maybe considered boring place by some. There are a lot of fun thing close by that you can do. Challenger 7 park, Galveston,  More

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We lived in Friendswood, Texas for over 5 years. Our g-son graduated from high school in 2020 there and we are very pleased with the teacher to student ratio, the  More

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Growing up in Friendswood over the last 40+ years, the changes are apparent every where. My home is where there used to be rice fields and we watched planes crop dust.   More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
77546

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