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Glen Carbon, IL vs Granite City, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Granite City has been positive.
- Granite City has 1.6% less unemployment than Glen Carbon.
- Granite City job growth has increased by 6.1% in the past 10 years.
 Glen Carbon, ILGranite City, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Glen Carbon    2 Reviews

The weather is moderate. Lovely Fall, mild winter with occaisional snow. I own a shovel but the snow melts by the time I need to use it. Rather hot August. Thunderstorms  More

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Over 18 years ago

lots of students that come and  More

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Reviews for Granite City    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Fair, Cost of living average , close to St. Louis Attractions, air quality poor, steal mill causes lots of respiratory illness. Water qualty used to be above average til  More

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Over 16 years ago

Granite City is not a bad place to live. The smell of the steel plants is annoying sometimes. There is rarely a day go by that you don't here sirens going down the  More

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