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Ottawa, IL vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Cookeville has been positive.
- Cookeville has 1.9% more unemployment than Ottawa.
- Cookeville job growth has increased by 8.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Ottawa, ILCookeville, TNUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.3%5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth20.0%42.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.3%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-10.1%0.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-10.8%7.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-12.1%8.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 14 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  More

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Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Cookeville for around 7 years non consecutively. Don’t expect to go on a walk here. Sidewalks are fairly abundant but they are not well maintained and there  More

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My wife and I both moved here to work for state government. Other people are right, the pay is awful, hovering around $28k for people with masters and doctorates. Rental  More

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Been here for 4-5 years now, crime is on the rise and pay is stagnant, don't look for much over 28k a year in gross income here. Lots of areas are getting metro  More

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ZIPS IN OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
61350
ZIPS IN COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE
38501 38506 38505

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