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Forest City, NC vs Hickory, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Hickory has been positive.
- Hickory has 1.6% more unemployment than Forest City.
- Hickory job growth has increased by 4.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Forest City, NCHickory, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.1%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth23.0%38.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.0%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.3%-4.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.4%0.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.2%4.6%6.3%

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Over 1 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 2 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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ZIPS IN FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
28043
ZIPS IN HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA
28601 28602

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