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Lombard, IL vs Coal City, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Coal City has been positive.
- Coal City has 1.3% less unemployment than Lombard.
- Coal City job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Lombard, ILCoal City, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lombard    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Lombard for 19 years before moving out of state in 2020. My primary issue with Illinois, not Lombard per so, is the real estate tax rate. I retired and  More

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Lombard is a good, solid suburban-Chicago town. Mid-west values, limited crime with sound school system. Neighboring Glen Ellyn is more affluent with matching property  More

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Very low crime rate. Love  More

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Reviews for Coal City    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

No culture at all. Very rigid, uneducated, small town in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Coal City is a nice quiet little town where people mostly mind their own business. There are plenty of community events, this is a great place to live if you have young  More

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Over 16 years ago

What do the powers to be say in Coal City, Illinois, about the possibility that the very first airfield in the world was in Coal City. We need to speak to a Historian of  More

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