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Forest Park, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Forest Park, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  7,981  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,632 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,677 21.0   1.00 or less 7,334 96.1
1-unit, attached 307 3.8   1.01 to 1.50 146 1.9
2 units 1,335 16.7   1.51 or more 152 2.0
3 or 4 units 817 10.2        
5 to 9 units 848 10.6             Specified owner-occupied units 1,662 100.0
10 to 19 units 817 10.2   VALUE
20 or more units 2,180 27.3   Less than $50,000 14 0.8
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 177 10.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 927 55.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 440 26.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 97 5.8
1999 to March 2000 75 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 113 1.4   $500,000 to $999,999 7 0.4
1990 to 1994 75 0.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 273 3.4   Median (dollars) 138,300 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,146 14.4        
1960 to 1969 1,456 18.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,737 21.8        
1939 or earlier 3,106 38.9   With a mortgage 1,205 72.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 18 1.1
1 room 320 4.0        $500 to $699 32 1.9
2 rooms 479 6.0        $700 to $999 191 11.5
3 rooms 1,658 20.8        $1,000 to $1,499 599 36.0
4 rooms 1,786 22.4        $1,500 to $1,999 341 20.5
5 rooms 1,828 22.9        $2,000 or more 24 1.4
6 rooms 897 11.2        Median (dollars) 1,317 (x)
7 rooms 539 6.8   Not mortgaged 457 27.5
8 rooms 243 3.0        Median (dollars) 370 (x)
9 or more rooms 231 2.9        
Median (rooms) 4.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

7,632 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 552 33.2
1999 to March 2000 1,707 22.4   15 to 19 percent 278 16.7
1995 to 1998 3,002 39.3   20 to 24 percent 168 10.1
1990 to 1994 1,089 14.3   25 to 29 percent 174 10.5
1980 to 1989 796 10.4   30 to 34 percent 138 8.3
1970 to 1979 498 6.5   35 percent or more 352 21.2
1969 or earlier 540 7.1   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 4,213 100.0
None 1,012 13.3   GROSS RENT    
1 4,290 56.2   Less than $200 41 1.0
2 2,028 26.6   $200 to $299 50 1.2
3 or more 302 4.0   $300 to $499 369 8.8
        $500 to $749 2,405 57.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,060 25.2
Utility Gas 5,189 68.0   $1,000 to $1,499 201 4.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 179 2.3   $1,500 or more 22 0.5
Electricity 2,022 26.5   No cash rent 65 1.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 5 0.1   Median (dollars) 670 (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 133 1.7   Less than 15 percent 840 19.9
No fuel used 104 1.4   15 to 19 percent 854 20.3
        20 to 24 percent 654 15.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 451 10.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 7 0.1   30 to 34 percent 265 6.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 22 0.3   35 percent or more 1,033 24.5
No telephone service 180 2.4   Not computed 116 2.8


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