2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Madison, AL vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Wake Forest has been positive.
- Wake Forest has 1.8% less unemployment than Madison.
- Wake Forest job growth has decreased by 51.3% in the past 10 years.
 Madison, ALWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth43.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth8.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock17.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth22.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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