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Brookfield, IL vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bloomington has been positive.
- Bloomington has 2.9% more unemployment than Brookfield.
- Bloomington job growth has increased by 11.2% in the past 10 years.
 Brookfield, ILBloomington, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.4%5.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.8%22.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.4%-6.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%-7.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-9.0%-9.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-11.2%6.3%
Reviews for Brookfield    4 Reviews

Brookfield has a small town feel, but is still close enough to the city. Great schools, great people, nice houses, great community. I'm fortunate to able to raise my  More

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Most of Brookfield is in a flood plain, thus most basements get water in storms, and if you live near the creek (by the zoo), regardless of the price of your house,  More

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We loved this place, great schools, close to  More

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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 10 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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