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Burlington, IA vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rock Island has been positive.
- Rock Island has 0.1% more unemployment than Burlington.
- Rock Island job growth has increased by 10.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Burlington, IARock Island, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.7%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth15.9%25.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.3%-7.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.9%-8.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-12.0%-9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.8%-10.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Burlington    1 Reviews

Burlington iowa is a great historical town it's a great place to live if you make atlest 37 to 40 dollers an hour but if your on a fixed income of less then a 1000  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 BURLINGTON, IOWA
52601
ZIPS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
61201

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