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Evanston, IL vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Household income in Birmingham, is 55% less than it is in Evanston and is 75% below the National Average.
- Evanston unemployment rate is 5.8%.
- Birmingham unemployment rate is 5.6%.

Economy
 Evanston, ILBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.8%5.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-0.2%2.0%1.6%
 Future Job Growth26.6%29.2%33.5%
 Sales Taxes10.0%10.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes5.0%6.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$57,626$26,746$37,638
 Household Income$87,345$39,403$69,021
 Family Median Income$139,124$51,254$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Evanston, ILBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K9.1%19.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.6%7.0%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K6.0%13.1%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.5%11.2%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.9%8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K5.7%8.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K7.3%7.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K10.0%9.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K16.2%8.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.6%3.4%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K20.1%3.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Evanston, ILBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Management, business, finance22.6%13.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science11.3%4.9%6.5%
 Community, social services2.4%2.0%1.8%
 Legal3.0%1.4%1.2%
 Education, library13.2%5.4%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.7%1.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.2%7.1%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.7%4.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%2.3%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving3.6%6.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.7%4.3%3.6%
 Personal care3.2%2.6%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support15.5%22.3%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair2.1%6.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving5.2%15.8%13.1%

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
60201 60202
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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