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Chesapeake, VA vs West Chester, PA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in West Chester has been positive.
- West Chester has 0.3% more unemployment than Chesapeake.
- West Chester job growth has increased by 3.8% in the past 10 years.
 Chesapeake, VAWest Chester, PAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.0%4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.2%29.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.8%-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.0%-3.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.7%-1.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth9.0%3.8%6.3%
Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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Reviews for West Chester    14 Reviews

We've lived in various states, small towns & big cities, all over the country and we both felt West Chester was home as soon as we hit downtown. We've been here 8 years  More

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There seems to be 2 different profiles for West Chester, PA. One says it's a town of <20K and another says it's more like a small city at over 40K. I was kind of  More

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Over 12 years ago

Good that you live in Allentown, because you sure aren't seeing the real West Chester. We're from CA, and we couldn't afford to buy a home there. WC has grown into a  More

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