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Chester, Illinois Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Chester, Illinois      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  2,787  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,534 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,161 77.5   1.00 or less 2,504 98.8
1-unit, attached 14 0.5   1.01 to 1.50 27 1.1
2 units 151 5.4   1.51 or more 3 0.1
3 or 4 units 106 3.8        
5 to 9 units 33 1.2             Specified owner-occupied units 1,605 100.0
10 to 19 units 13 0.5   VALUE
20 or more units 54 1.9   Less than $50,000 568 35.4
Mobile home 255 9.1   $50,000 to $99,999 734 45.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 196 12.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 51 3.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 49 3.1
1999 to March 2000 7 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 7 0.4
1995 to 1998 122 4.4   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 113 4.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 247 8.9   Median (dollars) 63,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 451 16.2        
1960 to 1969 325 11.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 785 28.2        
1939 or earlier 737 26.4   With a mortgage 835 52.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 164 10.2
1 room 8 0.3        $500 to $699 222 13.8
2 rooms 21 0.8        $700 to $999 251 15.6
3 rooms 133 4.8        $1,000 to $1,499 155 9.7
4 rooms 513 18.4        $1,500 to $1,999 43 2.7
5 rooms 683 24.5        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 612 22.0        Median (dollars) 726 (x)
7 rooms 350 12.6   Not mortgaged 770 48.0
8 rooms 214 7.7        Median (dollars) 252 (x)
9 or more rooms 253 9.1        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

2,534 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 831 51.8
1999 to March 2000 347 13.7   15 to 19 percent 255 15.9
1995 to 1998 665 26.2   20 to 24 percent 186 11.6
1990 to 1994 415 16.4   25 to 29 percent 131 8.2
1980 to 1989 439 17.3   30 to 34 percent 63 3.9
1970 to 1979 276 10.9   35 percent or more 126 7.9
1969 or earlier 392 15.5   Not computed 13 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 532 100.0
None 137 5.4   GROSS RENT    
1 880 34.7   Less than $200 77 14.5
2 1,092 43.1   $200 to $299 52 9.8
3 or more 425 16.8   $300 to $499 262 49.2
        $500 to $749 101 19.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 7 1.3
Utility Gas 1,509 59.6   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 414 16.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 509 20.1   No cash rent 33 6.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 65 2.6   Median (dollars) 388 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 23 0.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 14 0.6   Less than 15 percent 163 30.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 87 16.4
        20 to 24 percent 40 7.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 86 16.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 6 1.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 8 0.3   35 percent or more 95 17.9
No telephone service 63 2.5   Not computed 55 10.3


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