Towns include: Aquia Harbour
Job growth (2000-2006): 35.9%
This D.C. Beltway suburb is well-positioned as a leader in high-tech job growth, with the FBI National Lab among the leading employers. GEICO is here as well, with McLane Mid-Atlantic, Hilldrup United Moving & Storage, Intuit and Northrop Grumman among other major employers. The U.S. Marines' Quantico base also helps drive the local economy that has become home to an escalating number of defense contractors. Stafford's unemployment rate: just 1.9 percent.
24. Stafford County, Va. Source: OnBoard |  For this year's list we focused on smaller places that offered the best combination of economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do and a real sense of community (more)  Wondering where the wealth is? Residents of these 25 places have the highest median household incomes in the country. (more) |
