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Rock Island, IL vs Great Falls, MT

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Great Falls has been positive.
- Great Falls has 2.4% more unemployment than Rock Island.
- Great Falls job growth has increased by 1.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Rock Island, ILGreat Falls, MTUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.6%4.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.7%22.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.7%-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.1%-2.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-9.0%-4.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-10.4%-1.8%6.3%

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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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Reviews for Great Falls    22 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I grew up here. The lack of educational opportunities and adequate work opportunities made it extremely difficult to thrive. Upon leaving to the nearest metropolitan  More

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Please do not move to Great Falls if you are a liberal. Don't make a great red place go blue and ruin one of the last best unspoiled country places not yet destroyed by  More

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Over 3 years ago

I lived in Great Falls from 2012-2015 and could not leave fast enough! We lived near the downtown area (which you think would be nice with a $1200/month rent...) where  More

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ZIPS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
61201
ZIPS IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA
59405 59404 59401

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