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Black Mountain, NC vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Wake Forest has been positive.
- Wake Forest has 0.7% more unemployment than Black Mountain.
- Wake Forest job growth has decreased by 51.3% in the past 10 years.
 Black Mountain, NCWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%3.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.9%51.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.1%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.0%3.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.4%17.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.1%51.3%6.3%
Reviews for Black Mountain    3 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Black Mountain for about ten years and loved it! Beautiful scenery, friendly people, and a great vibe. I had to move back to my home state because of family  More

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Over 12 years ago

Moved to the mountains only 2 years ago from a big NC city. Thought this area near Asheville would be nice, but the people here are unkind and no one associates outside  More

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Over 15 years ago

There is no town in the US that is more similar to a Thonas Kinkade painting than Black Mountain, NC. You have to experience the magic of the mountains here to  More

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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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