About the Area - Houses in Normal IL and Bloomington IL

On behalf of the Franke Hopkins Realty Team, welcome to Bloomington-Normal and McLean County!

 

Bloomington-Normal is located in the heart of Central Illinois, 125 miles southwest of Chicago and 155 miles northeast of St. Louis with easy access to major interstates 55, 74, and 39.  McLean County has much to offer residents.  Expansion Management has rated Bloomington-Normal as one of 72 metro areas with a five-star quality of life, giving the community high marks in areas such as standard of living, schools and commuting time.

 

Local Recognition

In their most current rankings, Golf Digest ranked the Bloomington-Normal area as the Fifth Best American City for Golf in their "Best in America" Metro Golf Rankings.

The book Cities Ranked and Rated listed Bloomington-Normal as No. 42 out of 400 metro areas citing the area's small-town atmosphere, stable economy and educational attainment as pros of living in the Twin Cities.

 

Forbes rates Bloomington-Normal No. 20 out of 200 as best small place for business.

Forbes also recently ranked Bloomington-Normal No. 20 on its list of the Smartest Cities in America.

 

A recent article on the CNN Money Web site found that Bloomington-Normal had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation at 2.7 percent (U.S. Average = 5.7 percent), and only 12 metropolitan areas had lower rates.

 

 

 

Links to Area Resources:

Bloomington/Normal Information

Town of Normal 

City of Bloomington

McLean County Chamber of Commerce

 

For additional information regarding Bloomington-Normal and surrounding communities, contact the Franke Hopkins Realty Team today!

 

 

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