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West Chicago, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: West Chicago, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  9,844  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 9,590 100.0
1-unit, detached 7,206 73.2   1.00 or less 8,308 86.6
1-unit, attached 443 4.5   1.01 to 1.50 564 5.9
2 units 120 1.2   1.51 or more 718 7.5
3 or 4 units 134 1.4        
5 to 9 units 327 3.3             Specified owner-occupied units 6,835 100.0
10 to 19 units 732 7.4   VALUE
20 or more units 748 7.6   Less than $50,000 12 0.2
Mobile home 134 1.4   $50,000 to $99,999 294 4.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,990 29.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,983 29.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,478 21.6
1999 to March 2000 503 5.1   $300,000 to $499,999 940 13.8
1995 to 1998 1,083 11.0   $500,000 to $999,999 134 2.0
1990 to 1994 794 8.1   $1,000,000 or more 4 0.1
1980 to 1989 1,206 12.3   Median (dollars) 172,000 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,177 22.1        
1960 to 1969 1,526 15.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,498 15.2        
1939 or earlier 1,057 10.7   With a mortgage 5,550 81.2
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 73 1.1
1 room 193 2.0        $500 to $699 69 1.0
2 rooms 353 3.6        $700 to $999 447 6.5
3 rooms 561 5.7        $1,000 to $1,499 2,189 32.0
4 rooms 1,041 10.6        $1,500 to $1,999 1,597 23.4
5 rooms 1,509 15.3        $2,000 or more 1,175 17.2
6 rooms 1,808 18.4        Median (dollars) 1,499 (x)
7 rooms 1,580 16.1   Not mortgaged 1,285 18.8
8 rooms 1,222 12.4        Median (dollars) 482 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,577 16.0        
Median (rooms) 6.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

9,590 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,864 27.3
1999 to March 2000 1,912 19.9   15 to 19 percent 1,204 17.6
1995 to 1998 3,009 31.4   20 to 24 percent 1,129 16.5
1990 to 1994 1,656 17.3   25 to 29 percent 812 11.9
1980 to 1989 1,589 16.6   30 to 34 percent 555 8.1
1970 to 1979 898 9.4   35 percent or more 1,216 17.8
1969 or earlier 526 5.5   Not computed 55 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,262 100.0
None 410 4.3   GROSS RENT    
1 2,223 23.2   Less than $200 7 0.3
2 4,534 47.3   $200 to $299 11 0.5
3 or more 2,423 25.3   $300 to $499 90 4.0
        $500 to $749 868 38.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 920 40.7
Utility Gas 8,583 89.5   $1,000 to $1,499 249 11.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 47 0.5   $1,500 or more 78 3.4
Electricity 894 9.3   No cash rent 39 1.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 18 0.2   Median (dollars) 788 (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 18 0.2   Less than 15 percent 429 19.0
No fuel used 30 0.3   15 to 19 percent 392 17.3
        20 to 24 percent 275 12.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 244 10.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 69 0.7   30 to 34 percent 155 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 79 0.8   35 percent or more 658 29.1
No telephone service 205 2.1   Not computed 109 4.8


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