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Granite City, IL vs Glen Carbon, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Glen Carbon has been positive.
- Glen Carbon has 1.6% more unemployment than Granite City.
- Glen Carbon job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Granite City, ILGlen Carbon, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-6.1%  Unlock6.3%
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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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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