2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Hammond, LA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Richmond has been positive.
- Richmond has 0.3% more unemployment than Hammond.
- Richmond job growth has increased by 13.6% in the past 10 years.
 Hammond, LARichmond, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Hammond    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

It is a nice  More

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Over 14 years ago

I think that the climate is the wort thing about hammond.We do not have feal seasons. In December it can be 40 degrees one day and the next its 90. The heat and humidity  More

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Over 17 years ago

Hammond used to be a small,quiet town but with the growth of the local college it is increasing in size and everything that goes with  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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