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Blue Island, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Blue Island, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  9,601  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 9,016 100.0
1-unit, detached 3,862 40.2   1.00 or less 8,063 89.4
1-unit, attached 297 3.1   1.01 to 1.50 590 6.5
2 units 1,480 15.4   1.51 or more 363 4.0
3 or 4 units 703 7.3        
5 to 9 units 1,089 11.3             Specified owner-occupied units 3,416 100.0
10 to 19 units 705 7.3   VALUE
20 or more units 345 3.6   Less than $50,000 122 3.6
Mobile home 1,110 11.6   $50,000 to $99,999 1,618 47.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 10 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 1,366 40.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 240 7.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 58 1.7
1999 to March 2000 17 0.2   $300,000 to $499,999 5 0.1
1995 to 1998 290 3.0   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 184 1.9   $1,000,000 or more 7 0.2
1980 to 1989 513 5.3   Median (dollars) 99,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,174 12.2        
1960 to 1969 2,058 21.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 2,458 25.6        
1939 or earlier 2,907 30.3   With a mortgage 2,224 65.1
             Less than $300 7 0.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 69 2.0
1 room 156 1.6        $500 to $699 156 4.6
2 rooms 522 5.4        $700 to $999 711 20.8
3 rooms 1,301 13.6        $1,000 to $1,499 1,036 30.3
4 rooms 2,380 24.8        $1,500 to $1,999 204 6.0
5 rooms 1,977 20.6        $2,000 or more 41 1.2
6 rooms 1,520 15.8        Median (dollars) 1,065 (x)
7 rooms 765 8.0   Not mortgaged 1,192 34.9
8 rooms 510 5.3        Median (dollars) 313 (x)
9 or more rooms 470 4.9        
Median (rooms) 4.7 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

9,016 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,093 32.0
1999 to March 2000 1,937 21.5   15 to 19 percent 598 17.5
1995 to 1998 2,519 27.9   20 to 24 percent 492 14.4
1990 to 1994 1,412 15.7   25 to 29 percent 336 9.8
1980 to 1989 1,313 14.6   30 to 34 percent 146 4.3
1970 to 1979 725 8.0   35 percent or more 694 20.3
1969 or earlier 1,110 12.3   Not computed 57 1.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,876 100.0
None 1,425 15.8   GROSS RENT    
1 4,191 46.5   Less than $200 60 1.5
2 2,490 27.6   $200 to $299 69 1.8
3 or more 910 10.1   $300 to $499 1,083 27.9
        $500 to $749 2,011 51.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 399 10.3
Utility Gas 8,067 89.5   $1,000 to $1,499 148 3.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 99 1.1   $1,500 or more 19 0.5
Electricity 689 7.6   No cash rent 87 2.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 7 0.1   Median (dollars) 577 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 68 0.8   Less than 15 percent 788 20.3
No fuel used 86 1.0   15 to 19 percent 625 16.1
        20 to 24 percent 578 14.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 351 9.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 91 1.0   30 to 34 percent 336 8.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 40 0.4   35 percent or more 1,048 27.0
No telephone service 434 4.8   Not computed 150 3.9


- Represents zero or rounds to zero.          (X) Not applicable.          Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.