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Boulder, CO vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rock Island has been positive.
- Rock Island has 1.5% less unemployment than Boulder.
- Rock Island job growth has increased by 10.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Boulder, CORock Island, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.4%25.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-7.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.0%-8.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.8%-9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.9%-10.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 18 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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ZIPS IN BOULDER, COLORADO
80302 80304 80301 80303 80305 80310
ZIPS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
61201

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