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Urbana, IL vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Household income in Carbondale, is 35% less than it is in Urbana and is 182% below the National Average.
- Urbana unemployment rate is 4.5%.
- Carbondale unemployment rate is 6.7%.

Economy
 Urbana, ILCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.5%6.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.2%0.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.2%21.3%33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.0%7.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$26,403$22,164$37,638
 Household Income$37,701$24,452$69,021
 Family Median Income$77,205$57,917$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Urbana, ILCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K24.3%33.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.1%7.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K15.0%14.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.7%8.1%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.7%8.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.8%3.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.8%4.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.6%8.2%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K10.0%4.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.5%3.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K4.5%3.3%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Urbana, ILCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.5%7.1%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science12.0%5.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.3%2.5%1.8%
 Legal0.8%1.5%1.2%
 Education, library25.3%19.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.7%2.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.4%5.2%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.4%2.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%2.0%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.3%11.7%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.3%2.4%3.6%
 Personal care2.2%3.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.8%21.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.0%2.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.5%9.4%13.1%

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 15 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
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