2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Highland Park, IL vs Oak Brook, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Oak Brook has been positive.
- Oak Brook has 1.1% less unemployment than Highland Park.
- Oak Brook job growth has increased by 2.5% in the past 10 years.
 Highland Park, ILOak Brook, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Highland Park    3 Reviews

You can sail on Lake Michigan, and your culture differences are welcomed. look up "North Shore Yacht Club" for sailing and kayaking  More

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Highland Park (and the village of Highwood, which it surrounds) is a great place to live, offering a unique combination of benefits. First, it is on the shore of Lake  More

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Over 19 years ago

A wonderful place to rasie a family, but quite expensive. Great schools, but the "wealth culture" of this tony Chicago suburb causes a lot of anxiety among the kids.   More

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