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Des Plaines, IL vs Highwood, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Highwood has been positive.
- Highwood has 0.6% more unemployment than Des Plaines.
- Highwood job growth has increased by 0.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Des Plaines, ILHighwood, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.0%6.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.2%32.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.4%-7.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.5%-5.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.1%-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%0.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Des Plaines    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

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Over 15 years ago

The historic center of des plaines is also downtown. Fairly easy commute to Chicago. The metra is right there. Also there is the Des Plaines public library with a great  More

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Over 17 years ago

Changing of the seasons is good. But it's too cold for too  More

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Reviews for Highwood    1 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I lived in Highwood for 10 years; many of my friends and neighbors had frozen pipes during the winter from the street to their homes and had NO water for months. The  More

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