2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Decatur, IL vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Tucson has been positive.
- Tucson has 2.9% more unemployment than Decatur.
- Tucson job growth has increased by 3.6% in the past 10 years.
 Decatur, ILTucson, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment10.3%7.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.5%33.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.2%-3.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%0.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-10.6%2.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-14.5%3.6%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 Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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