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Champaign, IL vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Kalamazoo has been positive.
- Kalamazoo has 1.4% less unemployment than Champaign.
- Kalamazoo job growth has increased by 2.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Champaign, ILKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.9%6.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.0%29.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.0%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.6%-4.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.6%-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.3%2.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822
ZIPS IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
49006 49001 49008 49007 49074

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