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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
101 Edwardsville 3.7%
100 Quincy 3.9%
99 Highland Park 3.9%
98 Wheaton 4.0%
97 Elizabethtown 4.1%
96 Wilmette 4.1%
95 Buffalo Grove 4.1%
94 Vernon Hills 4.2%
93 Elmhurst 4.2%
92 Arlington Heights 4.2%
91 St. Charles 4.3%
90 Plainfield 4.3%
89 Park Ridge 4.3%
88 Northbrook 4.3%
87 Normal 4.3%
86 Glen Ellyn 4.3%
85 Downers Grove 4.3%
84 O'Fallon 4.4%
83 Gurnee 4.4%
82 Glenview 4.4%
81 Crystal Lake 4.4%
80 Batavia 4.4%
79 Naperville 4.5%
78 Woodstock 4.6%
77 McHenry 4.6%
…
36 Streamwood 6.3%
35 Cicero 6.4%
34 Oak Lawn 6.5%
33 Melrose Park 6.5%
32 Hanover Park 6.5%
31 Elmwood Park 6.5%
30 Freeport 6.6%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

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.