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Austin, TX vs Lexington, KY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lexington has been positive.
- Lexington has 0.8% more unemployment than Austin.
- Lexington job growth has increased by 7.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Austin, TXLexington, KYUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%37.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-4.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-3.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%7.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

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 Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
40509, 40517, 40515, 40511, 40503, 40504, 40502, 40508, 40505, 40514, 14 total

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