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Champaign, IL vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbia has been positive.
- Columbia has 0.4% more unemployment than Champaign.
- Columbia job growth has increased by 15.4% in the past 10 years.
 Champaign, ILColumbia, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 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 8 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 Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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