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Houston, TX vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairfax has been positive.
- Fairfax has 3.7% more unemployment than Houston.
- Fairfax job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Houston, TXFairfax, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.9%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.8%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.1%2.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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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 9 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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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030

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