By: Diane Benjamin All of the information on local properties was found on the County Property Tax Inquiry website: https://mcleanil.devnetwedge.com/ Tax rates in Bloomington depend on whether the house is in Unit 5 or District 87. All of Normal is Unit 5. Correction to previous versions: . The houses below were chosen to represent various […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’m sure the problem is Bloomington’s downtown: https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.il_bloomington_msa.htm
By: Diane Benjamin Last week the local media reported the low local unemployment rate. Here’s an example from WJBC: http://www.wjbc.com/2018/03/15/bloomington-normal-jobless-rate-remains-lowest-in-state-2/ They must be afraid to report the rest of the story: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/SMU17140100000000001?amp%253bdata_tool=XGtable&output_view=data&include_graphs=true This chart is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics These numbers are the actual number of people employed – in thousands. In the […]
By: Diane Benjamin From the Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUMT171401000000006?data_tool=XGtable People available to work in Bloomington metro area by year Actual number of people working in Bloomington metro area Let’s assume fewer people are now available to work because they retired. That doesn’t explain why the number of people employed is also down. Retirements […]
