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Fairfax, VA vs Monument, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Monument has been positive.
- Monument has 2.5% less unemployment than Fairfax.
- Monument job growth has increased by 15.8% in the past 10 years.
 Fairfax, VAMonument, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock8.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.8%  Unlock6.3%
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 10 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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Reviews for Monument    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

if you think COS is nice, monument can't be  More

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Over 18 years ago

Monument is located about 10 miles north of the Colorado Springs city limits on I-25 cooridor. We are 2 exits north of the Air Force Academy. We enjoy a "small town"  More

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