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Oak Forest, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Oak Forest, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  9,912  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 9,649 100.0
1-unit, detached 7,082 71.4   1.00 or less 9,412 97.5
1-unit, attached 347 3.5   1.01 to 1.50 151 1.6
2 units 65 0.7   1.51 or more 86 0.9
3 or 4 units 172 1.7        
5 to 9 units 880 8.9             Specified owner-occupied units 7,042 100.0
10 to 19 units 734 7.4   VALUE
20 or more units 550 5.5   Less than $50,000 22 0.3
Mobile home 82 0.8   $50,000 to $99,999 373 5.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,184 45.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 2,613 37.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 719 10.2
1999 to March 2000 167 1.7   $300,000 to $499,999 90 1.3
1995 to 1998 501 5.1   $500,000 to $999,999 9 0.1
1990 to 1994 570 5.8   $1,000,000 or more 32 0.5
1980 to 1989 1,299 13.1   Median (dollars) 149,400 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,884 29.1        
1960 to 1969 3,179 32.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,057 10.7        
1939 or earlier 255 2.6   With a mortgage 5,435 77.2
             Less than $300 5 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 33 0.5
1 room 164 1.7        $500 to $699 204 2.9
2 rooms 313 3.2        $700 to $999 818 11.6
3 rooms 521 5.3        $1,000 to $1,499 2,725 38.7
4 rooms 981 9.9        $1,500 to $1,999 1,244 17.7
5 rooms 1,467 14.8        $2,000 or more 406 5.8
6 rooms 2,383 24.0        Median (dollars) 1,310 (x)
7 rooms 2,093 21.1   Not mortgaged 1,607 22.8
8 rooms 1,349 13.6        Median (dollars) 435 (x)
9 or more rooms 641 6.5        
Median (rooms) 6.1 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

9,649 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,037 28.9
1999 to March 2000 1,432 14.8   15 to 19 percent 1,446 20.5
1995 to 1998 2,150 22.3   20 to 24 percent 1,176 16.7
1990 to 1994 1,854 19.2   25 to 29 percent 850 12.1
1980 to 1989 1,857 19.2   30 to 34 percent 461 6.5
1970 to 1979 1,378 14.3   35 percent or more 999 14.2
1969 or earlier 978 10.1   Not computed 73 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,786 100.0
None 512 5.3   GROSS RENT    
1 2,708 28.1   Less than $200 30 1.7
2 4,512 46.8   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 1,917 19.9   $300 to $499 226 12.7
        $500 to $749 1,147 64.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 227 12.7
Utility Gas 9,044 93.7   $1,000 to $1,499 78 4.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 90 0.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 417 4.3   No cash rent 78 4.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 0 0.0   Median (dollars) 667 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 7 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 49 0.5   Less than 15 percent 288 16.1
No fuel used 42 0.4   15 to 19 percent 321 18.0
        20 to 24 percent 206 11.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 223 12.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.1   30 to 34 percent 146 8.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 16 0.2   35 percent or more 475 26.6
No telephone service 44 0.5   Not computed 127 7.1


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