2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Bloomington, IN vs Missoula, MT

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- Household income in Missoula, is 30% more than it is in Bloomington and is 27% below the National Average.
- Bloomington unemployment rate is 4.3%.
- Missoula unemployment rate is 4.4%.
 Bloomington, INMissoula, MTUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.3%4.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth-1.7%0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth23.6%33.0%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%0.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.6%6.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$27,089$36,010$37,638
 Household Income$41,995$54,423$69,021
 Family Median Income$76,399$82,930$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Bloomington, INMissoula, MTUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K22.4%12.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K6.2%3.5%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K11.6%10.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.2%10.2%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K8.5%9.9%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.6%6.6%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.1%10.5%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.7%11.4%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K9.4%13.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K4.4%5.3%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K4.8%5.7%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Bloomington, INMissoula, MTUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.3%13.9%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science9.1%6.6%6.5%
 Community, social services3.5%1.9%1.8%
 Legal0.7%2.2%1.2%
 Education, library14.4%5.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment3.8%3.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology3.7%6.4%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.0%3.9%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%1.5%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving10.5%9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.0%4.3%3.6%
 Personal care3.3%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support16.7%22.4%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.1%0.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.2%6.4%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving9.4%8.7%13.1%
Reviews for Bloomington    25 Reviews

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

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Over 5 years ago

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  More

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Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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