2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Richmond, VA vs Oak Island, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Oak Island has been positive.
- Oak Island has 1.3% more unemployment than Richmond.
- Oak Island job growth has increased by 16.5% in the past 10 years.
 Richmond, VAOak Island, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-8.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock5.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 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 4 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 4 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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