Grandwood Park, Illinois

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Population in 2010: 5,202. Population change since 2000: +15.1%

Males: 2,598	(49.9%)
Females: 2,604	(50.1%)

Median resident age:	37.0 years
Illinois median age:	42.2 years

Zip codes: 60031.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $93,052 (it was $71,674 in 2000)

Grandwood Park:	$93,052
Illinois:	$53,966

Estimated per capita income in 2009: $38,426

Grandwood Park CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $285,902 (it was $166,800 in 2000)

Grandwood Park:	$285,902
Illinois:	$202,200

Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $354,433; Detached houses: $378,169; Townhouses or other attached units: $216,287; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $223,782; Mobile homes: $264,469

Median gross rent in 2009: $1,144.

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White alone - 3,668 (70.5%)
Asian alone - 584 (11.2%)
Hispanic - 548 (10.5%)
Black alone - 283 (5.4%)
Two or more races - 102 (2.0%)
Other race alone - 15 (0.3%)
American Indian alone - 1 (0.02%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 1 (0.02%)

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Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Grandwood Park: 104.5 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (26.5%), Irish (17.3%), Polish (11.5%), Italian (8.4%), English (8.4%), United States (3.7%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 740 feet

Land area: 1.62 square miles.

Population density: 3220 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Grandwood Park:

High school or higher: 91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 43.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 13.0%
Unemployed: 4.9%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 33.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Grandwood Park CDP:

Never married: 19.7%
Now married: 64.4%
Separated: 1.3%
Widowed: 4.2%
Divorced: 10.4%

411 residents are foreign born (3.3% Asia, 2.9% Europe, 2.3% Latin America).

This place:	9.1%
Illinois:	12.3%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $6,008 (2.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $6,303 (2.3%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Waukegan, IL (6.6 miles , pop. 87,901).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Chicago, IL (41.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Third Lake, IL (1.4 miles ), Old Mill Creek, IL (1.4 miles ), Lindenhurst, IL (1.6 miles ), Gages Lake, IL (1.7 miles ), Gurnee, IL (1.7 miles ), Venetian Village, IL (1.8 miles ), Grayslake, IL (1.9 miles ), Wadsworth, IL (2.1 miles ).

Latitude: 42.39 N, Longitude: 87.99 W

Grandwood Park household income distribution

Unemployment in August 2012:

Here:	8.8%
Illinois:	8.9%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)

Males Females

Manufacturing (26%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
Construction (10%)
Transportation and warehousing (8%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Retail trade (6%)

Health care and social assistance (22%)
Educational services (16%)
Retail trade (16%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Manufacturing (5%)

Most common occupations (%)

Males Females

Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Business operations specialists (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Business operations specialists (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Computer specialists (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

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Tornado activity:

Grandwood Park-area historical tornado activity is near Illinois state average. It is 90% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/28/1972, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 8.2 miles away from the Grandwood Park place center injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category F4 tornado 12.5 miles away from the place center killed 6 people and injured 75 people.

Earthquake activity:

Grandwood Park-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Illinois state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.0 MB, 4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 79.8 miles away from the city center
On 9/2/1999 at 16:17:29, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 87.5 miles away from Grandwood Park center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Lake County (14) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 5

Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 8, Floods: 6, Tornadoes: 2, Snowstorms: 2, Blizzard: 1, Snow: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snow: 1, Tornado: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near Grandwood Park:

NORTH CHICAGO VA MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care - Veterans Administration, Government Federal, about 4 miles away; NORTH CHICAGO, IL)
VISTA MEDICAL CENTER EAST (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 7 miles away; WAUKEGAN, IL)
VISTA MEDICAL CENTER WEST (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 7 miles away; WAUKEGAN, IL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Grandwood Park:

College of Lake County (about 3 miles; Grayslake, IL; Full-time enrollment: 5,779)
Gateway Technical College (about 17 miles; Kenosha, WI; FT enrollment: 2,178)
Carthage College (about 18 miles; Kenosha, WI; FT enrollment: 2,476)
University of Wisconsin-Parkside (about 20 miles; Kenosha, WI; FT enrollment: 3,732)
McHenry County College (about 22 miles; Crystal Lake, IL; FT enrollment: 3,149)
Harper College (about 23 miles; Palatine, IL; FT enrollment: 6,988)
Oakton Community College (about 24 miles; Des Plaines, IL; FT enrollment: 3,670)

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Lake County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential

Air pollution and air quality trends
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AQI Pb CO SO₂ NO₂ Ozone PM₁₀ PM_2.5

Air Quality Index (AQI)

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 33.6. This is about average.

City:	33.6
U.S.:	32.0

Lead (Pb) [µ/m³] level in 2009 was 0.0105. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 20.0 miles away from the city center.

City:	0.0105
U.S.:	0.0222

Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2010 was 0.240. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 13.7 miles away from the city center.

City:	0.240
U.S.:	0.334

Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂) [ppb] level in 2010 was 1.21. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 14.6 miles away from the city center.

City:	1.21
U.S.:	2.43

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO₂) [ppb] level in 2010 was 13.0. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 6.9 miles away from the city center.

City:	13.0
U.S.:	9.4

Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 24.7. This is about average. Closest monitor was 6.9 miles away from the city center.

City:	24.7
U.S.:	28.3

Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) [µ/m³] level in 2010 was 16.2. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 20.0 miles away from the city center.

City:	16.2
U.S.:	22.1

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) [µ/m³] level in 2010 was 9.95. This is about average. Closest monitor was 10.5 miles away from the city center.

City:	9.95
U.S.:	9.59

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 4.8%
(1.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 31.9% for Black residents, 13.4% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 15.8% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:

This place:	2.9 people
Illinois:	2.4 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	78.9%
Whole state:	67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.8%
Whole state:	4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Grandwood Park, IL

Grandwood Park compared to Illinois state average:

Median household income above state average.
Median house value above state average.
Black race population percentage below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in below state average.
Number of rooms per house above state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.

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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)

Grandwood Park travel time to work - commute

Grandwood Park mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (98%)
Electricity (1%)

2004 Presidential Election results in Lake County Illinois:

2008 Presidential Election results in Lake County Illinois:

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Religion statistics for Grandwood Park (based on Lake County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 59.18%

Here		59.2%
USA		50.2%

Adherents

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Name	Catholic Church	Jewish	Non-Charismatic Churches Independent	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents	66.3%	6.6%	4.7%	4.3%	2.7%
Congregations	11.1%	5.2%	0.3%	7.3%	3.1%

Name	United Methodist Church	Episcopal Church	Lutheran Church	United Church of Christ	Other
Adherents	2.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.2%	9.1%
Congregations	6.6%	3.8%	3.5%	4.2%	54.9%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 121

Here:	1.71 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:	2.24 / 10,000 pop.

Number of supercenters and club stores: 4

This county:	0.06 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:	0.08 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (no gas): 38

Lake County:	0.54 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:	0.75 / 10,000 pop.

Number of convenience stores (with gas): 174

This county:	2.46 / 10,000 pop.
State:	2.61 / 10,000 pop.

Number of full-service restaurants: 457

Lake County:	6.47 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:	6.86 / 10,000 pop.

Adult diabetes rate:

Lake County:	7.3%
State:	8.3%

Adult obesity rate:

Here:	24.2%
State:	25.2%

Low-income preschool obesity rate:

This county:	16.3%
Illinois:	14.5%

6.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($66,648 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.70%
Illinois average:	5.66%

0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,110 average AGI)
Lake County:
0.20%
Illinois average:
0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Cook County, IL	3.01% ($69,774 average AGI)
from McHenry County, IL	0.39% ($54,236)
from DuPage County, IL	0.25% ($68,614)

7.00% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($71,043 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.00%
Illinois average:	5.99%

0.14% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,463 average AGI)
Lake County:
0.14%
Illinois average:
0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Cook County, IL	1.95% ($62,810 average AGI)
to McHenry County, IL	0.52% ($60,755)
to Kenosha County, WI	0.49% ($44,480)

Strongest AM radio stations in Grandwood Park:

WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WKRS (1220 AM; 1 kW; WAUKEGAN, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
WKTA (1330 AM; 5 kW; EVANSTON, IL; Owner: POLNET COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WNVR (1030 AM; 5 kW; VERNON HILLS, IL; Owner: POLNET COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WAIT (850 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WVIV (1200 AM; 20 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLXX-AM LICENSE CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Grandwood Park:

WXLC (102.3 FM; WAUKEGAN, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WWDV (96.9 FM; ZION, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WIIL (95.1 FM; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
W206AI (89.1 FM; LAKE VILLA, IL; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
WCKG (105.9 FM; ELMWOOD PARK, IL; Owner: INFINITY HOLDINGS CORPORATION OF ORLANDO)
WLIT-FM (93.9 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WJMK (104.3 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF ILLINOIS)
WNUA (95.5 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WGCI-FM (107.5 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WTMX (101.9 FM; SKOKIE, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WBBM-FM (96.3 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WKSC-FM (103.5 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
WFMT (98.7 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS)
WZZN (94.7 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC CHICAGO FM RADIO,INC.)
WBEZ (91.5 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: THE WBEZ ALLIANCE, INC.)
WKQX (101.1 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
WLUP-FM (97.9 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WNND (100.3 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WOJO (105.1 FM; EVANSTON, IL; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
WUSN (99.5 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF CHICAGO)

TV broadcast stations around Grandwood Park:

W64CQ (Channel 64; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
W34CK (Channel 34; ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL; Owner: FIRST UNITED, INC.)
WLS-TV (Channel 7; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS TELEVISION, INC.)
WMAQ-TV (Channel 5; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WMAQ-TV), INC.)
WTTW (Channel 11; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WGBO-TV (Channel 66; JOLIET, IL; Owner: WGBO LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
WGN-TV (Channel 9; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WBBM-TV (Channel 2; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
WPWR-TV (Channel 50; GARY, IN; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
WXFT (Channel 60; AURORA, IL; Owner: TELEFUTURA CHICAGO LLC)
WCIU-TV (Channel 26; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WCIU-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WCPX (Channel 38; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: PAXSON CHICAGO LICENSE, INC.)
WSNS-TV (Channel 44; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: TELEMUNDO OF CHICAGO, INC.)
WFLD (Channel 32; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
W68DO (Channel 68; PALATINE, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WFBT-CA (Channel 23; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: CHANNEL 23 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJYS (Channel 62; HAMMOND, IN; Owner: JOVON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WJJA (Channel 49; RACINE, WI; Owner: TV-49, INC.)
WOCH-LP (Channel 28; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: KM LPTV OF CHICAGO-28, L.L.C.)
WYCC (Channel 20; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: COLLEGE DIST. #508, COUNTY OF COOK)
WOCK-CA (Channel 13; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: KM LPTV OF CHICAGO-13, L.L.C.)
WPXE (Channel 55; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: PAXSON MILWAUKEE LICENSE, INC.)
WMVS (Channel 10; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
W57DN (Channel 57; ELGIN, IL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

	A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	8	$178,375	8	$214,478	56	$220,742	1	$168,670	2	$105,740
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	1	$116,730	9	$222,898	0	$0	1	$170,100
APPLICATIONS DENIED	1	$178,380	1	$203,200	19	$288,645	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	1	$220,330	1	$137,280	12	$224,468	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	5	$272,842	0	$0	0	$0

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Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 8616.04

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	2	$233,745	1	$468,630
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	1	$130,140	1	$337,630
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0	1	$421,250
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	1	$316,510
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 8616.04

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

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Grandwood Park on our top lists:

#9 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Management of companies and enterprises"
#37 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Drugs and druggists' sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers"
#92 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Chemicals"
#94 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers"

#9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that had a sunburn in the past 12 months"
#17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
#27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
#29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
#65 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"

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