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St. Marys, PA vs Murphysboro, IL

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- People living in Murphysboro are 38.4% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in St. Marys
 St. Marys, PAMurphysboro, ILUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock48.9%49.4%
 Baptist0.5%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Catholic69.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock1.2%2.1%
 Lutheran4.3%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.8%1.9%
 Methodist7.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.1%1.7%
 Other Christian2.1%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock5.5%0.9%
Reviews for St. Marys    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

The population continues to decline in St. Marys. The Census Bureau came out with their latest numbers and the population continues to decline. In 2011 it was at  More

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Over 12 years ago

This place is full of nothing but old people and rednecks. They have no idea what the rest of the world is like because they are very isolated geographically and  More

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St. Marys, and the whole Elk County area are a textbook example of the term "Brain Drain." Ever since the mid to late 90's, most of the youth that went away to college  More

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Reviews for Murphysboro    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

We moved to Murphysboro, IL from unincorporated Hinsdale, Timberlake area and love it down here. I grew up in Burr Ridge my entire life. Murphysboro has so many outdoors  More

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I have worked here for two years as a school teacher. However, I do live in another community. I have come to appreciate and admire the strong community spirit and  More

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I've lived in this town for my whole life and there are some ups and downs for this town, like where some people lives are really hostile and stuff but other places in  More

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