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East Lansing, MI vs Edwardsville, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Edwardsville has been positive.
- Edwardsville has 1.7% less unemployment than East Lansing.
- Edwardsville job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 East Lansing, MIEdwardsville, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Edwardsville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Edwardsville is a great town that is growing rapidly. The school district is one of the best in the area, it is the home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,  More

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Over 18 years ago

Lovely little town with over 75 miles of gorgeous, well maintained, wooded bike trails. Recreational biker's dream  More

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