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Salem, VA vs Fayetteville, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fayetteville has been positive.
- Fayetteville has 2.5% less unemployment than Salem.
- Fayetteville job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Salem, VAFayetteville, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.6%7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.0%30.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.4%-4.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.6%-1.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.3%-2.8%6.3%
Reviews for Salem    4 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

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Over 9 years ago

When we moved from Glen Allen VA to Salem I had read on here that cost of living including housing was cheaper. Housing is less unless you want a house bigger than 1300  More

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Over 13 years ago

Salem is a lovely town surrounded by the beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains. Spring, Summer and Fall is exceptionally beautiful with moderate climate and lots of  More

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Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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