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Raleigh, NC vs Pennington, NJ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Pennington has been positive.
- Pennington has 1.9% less unemployment than Raleigh.
- Pennington job growth has increased by 7.4% in the past 10 years.
 Raleigh, NCPennington, NJUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-4.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  More

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