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Unemployment rate in Melrose Park

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 35 of 101 · Towns of Illinois Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2010 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2010 – 2025 percent · Melrose Park · Illinois · United States · World
−1.9 pp since 2015
Melrose Park Illinois United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Melrose Park
4.8%
Illinois
4.6%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Melrose Park · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 4.8% · 2025
First value 11.8% · 2010
Highest 11.8% · 2010
Lowest 3.9% · 2019
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearMelrose ParkChange IllinoisUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.8% −0.3 pp 4.6% — 4.8%
2024 5.1% +0.8 pp 5.0% — 4.8%
2023 4.3% −1.0 pp 4.5% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 5.3% −1.2 pp 4.6% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 6.5% −3.2 pp 6.1% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.7% +5.8 pp 9.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.9% −0.1 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.0% −0.9 pp 4.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.9% −0.9 pp 5.0% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.8% −0.9 pp 5.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 6.7% −0.8 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 7.5% −3.2 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 10.7% +0.1 pp 9.1% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 10.6% −0.5 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 11.1% −0.7 pp 9.8% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 11.8% 10.4% 9.6% 6.3%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Illinois

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
100 Highland Park 4.0%
99 Vernon Hills 4.3%
98 Edwardsville 4.3%
97 Wilmette 4.4%
96 Wheaton 4.4%
95 Downers Grove 4.4%
94 Buffalo Grove 4.4%
93 Woodridge 4.5%
92 St. Charles 4.5%
91 Northbrook 4.5%
90 Glenview 4.5%
89 Arlington Heights 4.5%
88 Park Ridge 4.6%
87 Normal 4.6%
86 Naperville 4.6%
85 Hoffman Estates 4.6%
84 Elmhurst 4.6%
83 Schaumburg 4.7%
82 Gurnee 4.7%
81 Glen Ellyn 4.7%
80 Elizabethtown 4.8%
79 Westmont 4.8%
78 Oswego 4.8%
77 Lombard 4.8%
76 Bloomington 4.8%
…
29 Rock Island 6.5%
28 Romeoville 6.6%
27 Berwyn 6.6%
26 Melrose Park 6.7%
25 Elgin 6.7%
24 Cicero 6.7%
23 Chicago 6.7%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.