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Madison, AL vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Decatur has been positive.
- Decatur has 8.5% less unemployment than Madison.
- Decatur job growth has increased by 14.5% in the past 10 years.
 Madison, ALDecatur, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock10.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth43.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-8.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth8.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-10.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth22.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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