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Champaign, IL vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Tuscaloosa has been positive.
- Tuscaloosa has 0.5% more unemployment than Champaign.
- Tuscaloosa job growth has increased by 15.5% in the past 10 years.

Job Market
 Champaign, ILTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.9%4.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.0%31.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.0%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.6%0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.6%2.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.3%15.5%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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822
ZIPS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
35405 35401 35404 35406 35456 35446

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