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Austin, TX vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rockford has been positive.
- Rockford has 5.0% less unemployment than Austin.
- Rockford job growth has increased by 6.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Austin, TXRockford, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%10.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%21.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-7.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-9.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%-6.9%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 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 AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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