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Austin, TX vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rock Island has been positive.
- Rock Island has 1.5% less unemployment than Austin.
- Rock Island job growth has increased by 10.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Austin, TXRock Island, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%25.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-7.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-8.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%-10.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  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 AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
61201

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