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Champaign, IL vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Boulder has been positive.
- Boulder has 0.2% more unemployment than Champaign.
- Boulder job growth has increased by 11.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Champaign, ILBoulder, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.9%5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.0%44.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.0%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.6%-3.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.6%1.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.3%11.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822
ZIPS IN BOULDER, COLORADO
80302 80304 80301 80303 80305 80310

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