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Columbus, OH vs Peoria, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Peoria has been positive.
- Peoria has 3.3% less unemployment than Columbus.
- Peoria job growth has increased by 12.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Columbus, OHPeoria, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.7%9.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.2%17.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.5%-7.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.4%-7.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.0%-10.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.9%-12.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Peoria    20 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

In my opinion Peoria is a great city and for it’s size it has a lot of amenities a big city would have such as a ballpark, civic center, many educational options, great  More

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Crime is rampant and you can't even visit parks anymore without fear of some gang drive-by.  More

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I lived in Peoria for nearly three years for work and I miss it terribly. The Peoria metropolitan area is by far one of the most underrated in the country. I think what  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total
ZIPS IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS
61604 61614 61615 61603 61605 61606 61602 61625

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