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Carbondale, IL vs Blaine, MN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Blaine has been positive.
- Blaine has 2.5% more unemployment than Carbondale.
- Blaine job growth has increased by 14.3% in the past 10 years.

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 Carbondale, ILBlaine, MNUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.7%4.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.3%37.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.9%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.8%-1.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.7%3.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-6.7%14.3%6.3%

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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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Reviews for Blaine    4 Reviews

I've lived in Blaine since 2016 and this city is growing rapidly and has become Anoka County's most populous city currently at 65K. It has tons of eat outs, shops, bike  More

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Over 11 years ago

a peaceful place to live and very lots of friendly people.   More

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I was born and raised in Blaine, MN, and having been all over the country now and living in Alaska currently, I have found that my high school education was much better  More

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55434 55449

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