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Muscatine, IA vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rock Island has been positive.
- Rock Island has 1.8% less unemployment than Muscatine.
- Rock Island job growth has increased by 10.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Muscatine, IARock Island, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.8%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.7%25.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.7%-7.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.7%-8.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.3%-9.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.0%-10.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Muscatine    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

We recently relocated here in October for my husbands work. This is a beautiful city located on the mississippi river. It boasts of state of the art playground equipment  More

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Over 14 years ago

This is the worst place that I have ever lived. There is nothing to do here except drugs. The schools are also terrible. I ended up sending my son to a private boarding  More

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Over 18 years ago

We live just outside of Muscatine,On a bluff looking over the Mississippi river. We have a great view of the river( never floods) and a house in our subdivision just  More

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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 18 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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ZIPS IN MUSCATINE, IOWA
52761
ZIPS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
61201

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