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Park Forest, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Park Forest, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  11,873  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 11,405 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,785 57.1   1.00 or less 11,170 97.9
1-unit, attached 2,625 22.1   1.01 to 1.50 169 1.5
2 units 150 1.3   1.51 or more 66 0.6
3 or 4 units 527 4.4        
5 to 9 units 457 3.8             Specified owner-occupied units 7,434 100.0
10 to 19 units 337 2.8   VALUE
20 or more units 983 8.3   Less than $50,000 1,215 16.3
Mobile home 9 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 3,981 53.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,759 23.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 310 4.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 126 1.7
1999 to March 2000 102 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 27 0.4
1995 to 1998 180 1.5   $500,000 to $999,999 16 0.2
1990 to 1994 113 1.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 436 3.7   Median (dollars) 86,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,119 17.8        
1960 to 1969 2,029 17.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 6,567 55.3        
1939 or earlier 327 2.8   With a mortgage 5,308 71.4
             Less than $300 19 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 232 3.1
1 room 31 0.3        $500 to $699 611 8.2
2 rooms 316 2.7        $700 to $999 1,767 23.8
3 rooms 627 5.3        $1,000 to $1,499 2,025 27.2
4 rooms 1,254 10.6        $1,500 to $1,999 491 6.6
5 rooms 3,021 25.4        $2,000 or more 163 2.2
6 rooms 3,143 26.5        Median (dollars) 1,005 (x)
7 rooms 1,619 13.6   Not mortgaged 2,126 28.6
8 rooms 1,152 9.7        Median (dollars) 352 (x)
9 or more rooms 710 6.0        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

11,405 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 2,777 37.4
1999 to March 2000 1,764 15.5   15 to 19 percent 1,391 18.7
1995 to 1998 3,117 27.3   20 to 24 percent 1,119 15.1
1990 to 1994 1,947 17.1   25 to 29 percent 540 7.3
1980 to 1989 2,144 18.8   30 to 34 percent 489 6.6
1970 to 1979 1,431 12.5   35 percent or more 1,074 14.4
1969 or earlier 1,002 8.8   Not computed 44 0.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,241 100.0
None 724 6.3   GROSS RENT    
1 4,897 42.9   Less than $200 186 5.7
2 4,381 38.4   $200 to $299 122 3.8
3 or more 1,403 12.3   $300 to $499 514 15.9
        $500 to $749 1,092 33.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 942 29.1
Utility Gas 10,540 92.4   $1,000 to $1,499 321 9.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 136 1.2   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 617 5.4   No cash rent 64 2.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 16 0.1   Median (dollars) 680 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 9 0.1        
Other fuel 14 0.1   Less than 15 percent 652 20.1
No fuel used 73 0.6   15 to 19 percent 582 18.0
        20 to 24 percent 480 14.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 382 11.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 34 0.3   30 to 34 percent 231 7.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 9 0.1   35 percent or more 800 24.7
No telephone service 122 1.1   Not computed 114 3.5


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