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Decatur, IL vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbus has been positive.
- Columbus has 4.6% more unemployment than Decatur.
- Columbus job growth has increased by 14.9% in the past 10 years.
 Decatur, ILColumbus, OHUnited States
 Current Unemployment10.3%5.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.5%34.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.2%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%-0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-10.6%4.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-14.5%14.9%6.3%
Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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