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Chicago Heights, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Chicago Heights, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  21,450  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 20,285 100.0
1-unit, detached 13,666 63.7   1.00 or less 18,655 92.0
1-unit, attached 844 3.9   1.01 to 1.50 1,042 5.1
2 units 1,969 9.2   1.51 or more 588 2.9
3 or 4 units 1,482 6.9        
5 to 9 units 709 3.3             Specified owner-occupied units 11,783 100.0
10 to 19 units 627 2.9   VALUE
20 or more units 675 3.1   Less than $50,000 835 7.1
Mobile home 1,478 6.9   $50,000 to $99,999 5,983 50.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,601 30.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 940 8.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 386 3.3
1999 to March 2000 133 0.6   $300,000 to $499,999 24 0.2
1995 to 1998 577 2.7   $500,000 to $999,999 4 0.0
1990 to 1994 591 2.8   $1,000,000 or more 10 0.1
1980 to 1989 1,652 7.7   Median (dollars) 93,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 4,284 20.0        
1960 to 1969 4,591 21.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 6,949 32.4        
1939 or earlier 2,673 12.5   With a mortgage 8,102 68.8
             Less than $300 14 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 310 2.6
1 room 156 0.7        $500 to $699 927 7.9
2 rooms 691 3.2        $700 to $999 2,638 22.4
3 rooms 1,734 8.1        $1,000 to $1,499 3,037 25.8
4 rooms 2,809 13.1        $1,500 to $1,999 845 7.2
5 rooms 5,814 27.1        $2,000 or more 331 2.8
6 rooms 4,944 23.0        Median (dollars) 1,020 (x)
7 rooms 2,953 13.8   Not mortgaged 3,681 31.2
8 rooms 1,455 6.8        Median (dollars) 332 (x)
9 or more rooms 894 4.2        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

20,285 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 4,054 34.4
1999 to March 2000 2,963 14.6   15 to 19 percent 1,881 16.0
1995 to 1998 5,368 26.5   20 to 24 percent 1,894 16.1
1990 to 1994 3,555 17.5   25 to 29 percent 946 8.0
1980 to 1989 3,097 15.3   30 to 34 percent 844 7.2
1970 to 1979 2,592 12.8   35 percent or more 2,049 17.4
1969 or earlier 2,710 13.4   Not computed 115 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 6,123 100.0
None 2,208 10.9   GROSS RENT    
1 8,057 39.7   Less than $200 560 9.1
2 7,436 36.7   $200 to $299 321 5.2
3 or more 2,584 12.7   $300 to $499 1,197 19.5
        $500 to $749 2,790 45.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 763 12.5
Utility Gas 18,570 91.5   $1,000 to $1,499 240 3.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 193 1.0   $1,500 or more 29 0.5
Electricity 1,413 7.0   No cash rent 223 3.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 5 0.0   Median (dollars) 583 (x)
Coal or coke 6 0.0        
Wood 12 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 50 0.2   Less than 15 percent 996 16.3
No fuel used 36 0.2   15 to 19 percent 766 12.5
        20 to 24 percent 720 11.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 604 9.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 137 0.7   30 to 34 percent 395 6.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 113 0.6   35 percent or more 2,212 36.1
No telephone service 1,147 5.7   Not computed 430 7.0


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