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La Crosse, WI vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rock Island has been positive.
- Rock Island has 3.0% less unemployment than La Crosse.
- Rock Island job growth has increased by 10.4% in the past 10 years.

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 La Crosse, WIRock Island, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.6%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.8%25.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.9%-7.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.0%-8.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.7%-9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%-10.4%6.3%

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Reviews for La Crosse    17 Reviews

Beth · 
Over 3 years ago

My family recently relocated here from the west coast. This town is a hidden gem. If you like hiking, biking, festivals, nightlife and river life, you’ll love LAX. While  More

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Over 3 years ago

This city sucks. First off, the people born and raised here think its great, but its a small little dump tbh. Very clicky and there nothing to do besides drinking at the  More

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I have lived in La Crosse for almost 30 years. Its basically a dying town. Their is not much of a future hear unless you like fish fry's on Friday night or going to  More

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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 18 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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ZIPS IN LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
54601 54603
ZIPS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
61201

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