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Urbana, IL vs Radford, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Radford has been positive.
- Radford has 0.8% less unemployment than Urbana.
- Radford job growth has increased by 12.3% in the past 10 years.
 Urbana, ILRadford, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%  Unlock6.3%
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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Reviews for Radford    1 Reviews

Pretty nice place to live. There's not a lot of income here, or jobs, so commuting to Blacksburg to make some money might be your best option. Lots of beautiful city  More

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