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Ellicott City, MD vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairfax has been positive.
- Fairfax has 0.2% more unemployment than Ellicott City.
- Fairfax job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Ellicott City, MDFairfax, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.2%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.2%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.4%2.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Ellicott City    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Ellicott City has many great  More

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Plenty of jobs in Washington, DC. and Baltimore areas. Low unemployment. Education and recreation is a top priority with most families here. Relatively high standard of  More

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Over 17 years ago

Ellicott City, MD is west of Baltimore City, north of Washington, DC, east of Frederick, MD. We are close to BWI, and DC airports. There are a couple of big malls for  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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ZIPS IN ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND
21043 21042 21163
ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030

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