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Carbondale, IL vs Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lafayette has been positive.
- Lafayette has 1.8% more unemployment than Carbondale.
- Lafayette job growth has increased by 2.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Carbondale, ILLafayette, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.7%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.3%37.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.9%-7.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.8%-7.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.7%-5.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-6.7%2.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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Reviews for Lafayette    16 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I have lived here for 12 years and in a smaller town 20 miles away for over 35 years and like the people. But crime is on the rise, more arrests lately related to people  More

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Over 12 years ago

Lafayette still has a small town atmosphere. It is a wonderful place to raise children. There is a strong sense of community. Unfotunately in recent years Lafayette has  More

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I can say I have lived in Lafayette Indiana for 25 years. I'll say that home is home...but I would honestly say in less your a college student at Purdue, I would never  More

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