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Thornton, CO vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rockford has been positive.
- Rockford has 3.2% less unemployment than Thornton.
- Rockford job growth has increased by 6.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Thornton, CORockford, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%10.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.4%21.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.0%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.3%-7.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.1%-9.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth22.7%-6.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602
ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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