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Urbana, IL vs Springfield, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Springfield has been positive.
- Springfield has 2.6% less unemployment than Urbana.
- Springfield job growth has increased by 10.1% in the past 10 years.
 Urbana, ILSpringfield, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.2%22.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.0%-7.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%-8.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-0.9%-9.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.5%-10.1%6.3%
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 15 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 16 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 Springfield    25 Reviews

I've lived here for over 40 years. Springfield is a decent place to raise a family. Solid midwestern values, and I've always felt safe. Opportunities exist, but there  More

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I moved (back) to Springfield after living in various cities and towns around the country - as large as Milwaukee, as small as Baker, NV - and can say without  More

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hugh · 
Over 3 years ago

whole town smells like dirty ***** and  More

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