2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Fayetteville, NC vs Gainesville, GA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Gainesville has been positive.
- Gainesville has 4.1% more unemployment than Fayetteville.
- Gainesville job growth has increased by 39.5% in the past 10 years.
 Fayetteville, NCGainesville, GAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock17.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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Reviews for Gainesville    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Don't know if it is the proximity to Atlanta that keeps prices high or the rural/frugal thinking that keeps housing opportunities at a minimum, but after living here for  More

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I moved to Gainesville,Ga in 2010 from NYC and I have found it's a great place to raise your childrens and a good quality of life.It's a good place to live. Gainesville  More

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Over 16 years ago

This is a great place to live if you like the country feel and enjoy all 4 seasons. Nice people and lots to  More

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