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Colonial Beach, VA vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Chesapeake has been positive.
- Chesapeake has 1.2% more unemployment than Colonial Beach.
- Chesapeake job growth has increased by 9.0% in the past 10 years.
 Colonial Beach, VAChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth5.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Colonial Beach    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We happened upon this amazing little town about 10 years ago. We were looking for a water-oriented community that was reasonably priced and found Colonial Beach. We  More

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Over 14 years ago

The area of Colonial Beach Virginia is a very depressed and somewhat unsightly. I would not recmmend this as a place to live, t may be ok for a visit, however I did not  More

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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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