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Cape Girardeau, MO vs Elgin, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Elgin has been positive.
- Elgin has 6.1% less unemployment than Cape Girardeau.
- Elgin job growth has increased by 0.7% in the past 10 years.

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 Cape Girardeau, MOElgin, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.8%9.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.4%28.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.2%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.2%-8.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.9%-7.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth3.5%-0.7%6.3%

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Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 11 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 15 years ago

It's a good mid sized  More

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Reviews for Elgin    9 Reviews

When I first moved to Elgin 2 years ago I did not like it. I lived in a mobile home park near the river and highway 90 in a senior community that over prices it's lot  More

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Hi, as a way of updating the post for Elgin and providing a rebuttal for some of the negative reviews, I've decided to post on this board. I've lived in Elgin since  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Elgin my whole life and it is very sad to read these comments about my town.... I'm a senior at South Elgin High School and I will be graduating this  More

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ZIPS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
63701 63703
ZIPS IN ELGIN, ILLINOIS
60120

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