2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Kankakee, IL vs Gulf Shores, AL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Gulf Shores has been positive.
- Gulf Shores has 8.9% more unemployment than Kankakee.
- Gulf Shores job growth has increased by 21.3% in the past 10 years.
 Kankakee, ILGulf Shores, ALUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.8%2.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.0%43.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.7%-3.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.2%3.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.4%10.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.5%21.3%6.3%
Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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Reviews for Gulf Shores    6 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Owned a place there for 20 years and spend a few weeks each season there. Heading back in a few weeks! Lows: Spotty internet for work. Saturday traffic. Hurricanes.  More

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I know that there are a few people out there that would just as soon throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying what I’m about to say, but I hate, hate, HATE living in Gulf  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gulf Shores offers many sunny days, compared to the rest of Baldwin County.  More

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