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Richmond, VA vs Leesburg, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Leesburg has been positive.
- Leesburg has 3.4% more unemployment than Richmond.
- Leesburg job growth has increased by 20.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Richmond, VALeesburg, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%3.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.1%43.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.7%-3.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.9%3.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.6%20.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 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 3 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 3 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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Reviews for Leesburg    17 Reviews

Leesburg has grown from a sleepy county seat to a super suburb with terrific parks & rec facilities, an outlet mall, great restaurants (many within the historic old town  More

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Leesburg and the surrounding Loudoun County have high real estate costs, but also high paying jobs/careers. We are close enough to a major metro area (DC) to enjoy all  More

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Over 9 years ago

Cost of living and the property taxes will kill  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
ZIPS IN LEESBURG, VIRGINIA
20176 20175

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