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St. Petersburg, FL vs Urbana, IL

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- Household income in Urbana, is 41% less than it is in St. Petersburg and is 83% below the National Average.
- St. Petersburg unemployment rate is 4.6%.
- Urbana unemployment rate is 4.5%.
 St. Petersburg, FLUrbana, ILUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth42.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$41,493  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$37,701$69,021
 Family Median Income$84,965  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 St. Petersburg, FLUrbana, ILUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock24.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.2%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock15.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.5%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock6.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock10.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.4%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock4.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 St. Petersburg, FLUrbana, ILUnited States
 Management, business, finance18.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock12.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.8%1.2%
 Education, library5.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.7%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.7%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock8.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.6%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.2%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock6.5%13.1%
Reviews for St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 5 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  More

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 16 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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