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Urbana, IL vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Household income in Tuscaloosa, is 19% more than it is in Urbana and is 54% below the National Average.
- Urbana unemployment rate is 4.5%.
- Tuscaloosa unemployment rate is 4.4%.

Economy
 Urbana, ILTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.5%4.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.2%1.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth29.2%31.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes9.0%9.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$26,403$27,789$37,638
 Household Income$37,701$44,880$69,021
 Family Median Income$77,205$69,436$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Urbana, ILTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K24.3%19.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.1%6.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K15.0%9.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.7%9.9%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.7%7.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.8%6.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K6.8%8.9%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.6%8.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K10.0%12.8%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.5%4.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K4.5%5.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Urbana, ILTuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Management, business, finance9.5%13.1%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science12.0%4.9%6.5%
 Community, social services1.3%1.8%1.8%
 Legal0.8%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library25.3%9.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.7%2.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.4%5.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.4%3.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%1.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving8.3%7.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.3%3.8%3.6%
 Personal care2.2%2.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.8%22.0%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.0%5.2%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving6.5%16.8%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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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ZIPS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS
61801 61802
ZIPS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
35405 35401 35404 35406 35456 35446

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