2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
North Reading, MA vs Ashland, MA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Ashland has been positive.
- Ashland has 0.7% more unemployment than North Reading.
- Ashland job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.
 North Reading, MAAshland, MAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth41.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-8.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for North Reading    1 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Nothing special, fairly quiet and safe town, but very expensive in terms of  More

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Reviews for Ashland    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Typical Massachussetts town. Quiet, good schools, very liberal, too high property taxes, constantly on a water  More

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Ashland is settled in Middlesex county between the busy Framingham and the high end and expensive Sherborn and Natick. We have the best of both worlds, close to  More

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