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Freeport, NY vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lake Forest has been positive.
- Lake Forest has 2.2% more unemployment than Freeport.
- Lake Forest job growth has increased by 0.9% in the past 10 years.
 Freeport, NYLake Forest, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock6.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-7.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Freeport    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

As a Freeport High School alumnus who is graduating college now, I am actually impressed by the Freeport School system. Our science programs really prepared students in  More

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Freeport can be a nice place to live. Friendly people, nice parks and things to do. however, there is a growing gang problem, schools are not great as a result houses  More

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I was a resident of Freeport, New York for 37 years and noticed that under people (race) adds up to 136.21% for all races. How is it that you arrive at your percentages.  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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