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Carbondale, IL vs Urbana, IL

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- Household income in Urbana, is 54% more than it is in Carbondale and is 83% below the National Average.
- Carbondale unemployment rate is 6.7%.
- Urbana unemployment rate is 4.5%.
 Carbondale, ILUrbana, ILUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.7%4.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.0%2.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth21.3%29.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.3%9.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$22,164$26,403$37,638
 Household Income$24,452$37,701$69,021
 Family Median Income$57,917$77,205$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Carbondale, ILUrbana, ILUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K33.3%24.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K7.9%4.1%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K14.7%15.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.1%9.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.2%6.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K3.5%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K4.3%6.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.2%8.6%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K4.8%10.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K3.8%4.5%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.3%4.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Carbondale, ILUrbana, ILUnited States
 Management, business, finance7.1%9.5%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science5.5%12.0%6.5%
 Community, social services2.5%1.3%1.8%
 Legal1.5%0.8%1.2%
 Education, library19.7%25.3%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.8%2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.2%6.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.8%2.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.0%1.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving11.7%8.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.4%3.3%3.6%
 Personal care3.6%2.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.4%15.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.3%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.1%2.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving9.4%6.5%13.1%
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 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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