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Colonial Heights, VA vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Chesapeake has been positive.
- Chesapeake has 1.2% more unemployment than Colonial Heights.
- Chesapeake job growth has increased by 9.0% in the past 10 years.
 Colonial Heights, VAChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Colonial Heights    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

If you are new to this area you may want to pick another school. The faculty and staff are very CLICKY at this school. You have to "be in the in crowd", in order to  More

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Over 17 years ago

I think small southern cities are a bit more nosy and stuffy than other parts of the  More

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Over 18 years ago

I am considering re-locating to Virginia. The only city my family and I actually visited was Roanoke. We liked it very much, but I need to know if the Richmond area has  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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