2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Gloucester Point, VA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Richmond has been positive.
- Richmond has 2.6% less unemployment than Gloucester Point.
- Richmond job growth has increased by 13.6% in the past 10 years.
 Gloucester Point, VARichmond, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Gloucester Point    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

the people here are ignorant. nothing to do.  More

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Over 19 years ago

Recently moved to Falls Church, enjoy the diversity and the close proximity to everything, however the traffic is  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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