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Bloomington, IL vs Merrillville, IN

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- People living in Merrillville are 6.6% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILMerrillville, INUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock55.7%49.4%
 Baptist1.8%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Catholic9.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock0.2%2.1%
 Lutheran6.1%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.7%1.9%
 Methodist6.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock3.1%1.7%
 Other Christian16.2%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.3%0.7%
 Eastern0.1%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.9%0.9%
Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 12 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Just thirty minuits from Chicago . Good schools. Low cost of  More

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Reasonable cost of living and fairly safe. Also close to Chitown so the cultural stuff is there. Shopping is run of the mill brand name franchises, nothing too  More

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