2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Sycamore, IL vs Plainfield, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Plainfield has been positive.
- Plainfield has 1.3% more unemployment than Sycamore.
- Plainfield job growth has increased by 7.8% in the past 10 years.
 Sycamore, ILPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Sycamore    8 Reviews

We’ve lived in sycamore for going on 2 years now, it’s definitely a blend of blue collar families like myself and people who couldn’t afford those st Charles or Geneva  More

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Moved to the area about 15 years ago (have lived in Sycamore then another nearby town for 7 years before moving back to Sycamore) and have been in our current  More

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Sycamore is a beautiful, clean, welcoming community. We were outsiders when we moved here from Chicago and people were nothing but lovely. I could not have dreamt of a  More

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 12 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 12 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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