Hopkins Park, Illinois

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Population in July 2007: 789. Population change since 2000: +10.8%

Males: 368	(46.7%)
Females: 421	(53.3%)

Median resident age:	29.4 years
Illinois median age:	34.7 years

Zip codes: 60944.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $19,869 (it was $17,778 in 2000)

Hopkins Park:	$19,869
Illinois:	$54,124

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $64,171 (it was $44,100 in 2000)

Hopkins Park:	$64,171
Illinois:	$208,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $69,278; Detached houses: $91,680; Townhouses or other attached units: $97,853; Mobile homes: $15,085

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Races in Hopkins Park:

Black (92.3%)
White Non-Hispanic (4.1%)
Hispanic (2.1%)
Other race (2.0%)
Two or more races (1.5%)
American Indian (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Hopkins Park: 98.5 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (2.1%), Subsaharan African (2.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 12/03/1970

Elevation: 675 feet

Land area: 3.66 square miles.

Population density: 216 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Hopkins Park

High school or higher: 54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 2.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.9%
Unemployed: 27.4%
Mean travel time to work: 32.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hopkins Park village

Never married: 42.6%
Now married: 21.7%
Separated: 9.2%
Widowed: 13.1%
Divorced: 13.5%

2 residents are foreign born

This village:	0.3%
Illinois:	12.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this village in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Hopkins Park:	1.4% ($626)
Illinois:	1.8% ($2,285)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Gary, IN (37.7 miles , pop. 102,746).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Chicago, IL (53.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: St. Anne, IL (2.6 miles ), Momence, IL (2.6 miles ), Sun River Terrace, IL (2.8 miles ), Beaverville, IL (2.9 miles ), Lake Village, IN (3.0 miles ), Papineau, IL (3.0 miles) , Aroma Park, IL (3.2 miles ), Schneider, IN (3.4 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $119,400
1997: 9 buildings, average cost: $120,500
1998: 1 building, cost: $120,500
1999: 7 buildings, average cost: $114,000
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 40 buildings, average cost: $75,000
2002: 1 building, cost: $151,500
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 1 building, cost: $162,700
2005: 1 building, cost: $162,700
2006: 0 buildings
2007: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 41.07 N, Longitude: 87.61 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 815

Hopkins Park household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +108 (+17.9%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Printing and related support activities (13%)
Educational services (13%)
Truck transportation (11%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (11%)
Plastics and rubber products (7%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (26%)
Educational services (12%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Paper (8%)
Personal and laundry services (8%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (24%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Bus drivers (9%)
Computer specialists (7%)
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
Computer specialists (10%)
Health technologists and technicians (10%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Personal appearance workers (6%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)

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Crime in Hopkins Park by Year
Type	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	703.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	126.4	421.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	8	20	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	1011.4	2812.9	2391.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Burglaries	4	14	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	505.7	1969.1	4641.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thefts	15	16	24	2	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	1896.3	2250.4	3375.5	281.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Auto thefts	1	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	126.4	843.9	1125.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Arson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	140.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	361.6	1547.1	1028.1	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 2 (2 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.53
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Hopkins Park, Illinois

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Hopkins Park-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Illinois state average. It is 150% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/28/1990, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 40.2 miles away from the Hopkins Park village center killed 29 people and injured 350 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/17/1963, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 26.8 miles away from the village center killed one person and injured 70 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Hopkins Park:

RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; KANKAKEE, IL)
ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; KANKAKEE, IL)
IROQUOIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; WATSEKA, IL)

Political contributions by individuals in Hopkins Park, IL

Amtrak station near Hopkins Park:

14 miles: KANKAKEE (199 S. EAST AVE.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public payphones, full-service food facilities, public transit connection.

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

OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; BOURBONNAIS, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,207)
GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; UNIVERSITY PARK, IL; FT enrollment: 3,191)
PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE (about 31 miles; CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL; FT enrollment: 2,523)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-NORTHWEST (about 35 miles; GARY, IN; FT enrollment: 3,208)
IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-NORTHWEST (about 36 miles; GARY, IN; FT enrollment: 2,432)
SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE (about 37 miles; SOUTH HOLLAND, IL; FT enrollment: 3,599)
PURDUE UNIVERSITY-CALUMET CAMPUS (about 37 miles; HAMMOND, IN; FT enrollment: 6,312)

Public elementary/middle school in Hopkins Park:

Lorenzo R Smith Elementary School (Location: PO BOX AG; Grades: PK - 8)

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Library in Hopkins Park:

PEMBROKE TWP. P.L. (Operating income: $30,700; Location: 113795 E. CENTRAL; 1,289 books; 13 audio materials; 675 video materials; 4 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:

The City News has been in publication and serving Hopkins Park since July 2, `972. The City News is an African American owned newspaper that was first printed on a memo-graph machine loaned to the publiser James Taylor Sr. by then Pembroke Supervisor Robert Hayes and Township Clerk Mrs. Jackie Stampley. Today the City News is part of the largest chain of African American owned newspapers in the south suburban region. The City News publishers publish: The Joliet City News, The University Park News and the South Suburban News. Total publication is 50,000 copies (combined) per week. The company employes 15 individuals. The staff is a rainbow group with Blacks, Whites and Hispanic reporters, photo editors and distribution staff. The company also produces a cable television program, "From Here to There" In Kankakee County the program airs each Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. on channel 19.

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Cemetery: Guiding Star Memorial Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This village:	3.0 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	67.2%
Whole state:	67.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This village:	6.2%
Whole state:	4.8%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	44.2%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This village:	24.6%
Whole state:	5.1%

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

Hopkins Park compared to Illinois state average:

Median household income below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Median age below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Hopkins Park mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Kankakee County Illinois:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (91%) Electricity (5%) Wood (3%) Utility gas (1%)

Religon statistics for Hopkins Park

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Church of the Nazarene	United Methodist Church	Lutheran Church	Southern Baptist Convention
Adherents	45.0%	11.0%	9.7%	9.5%	2.9%
Congregations	13.3%	9.5%	16.2%	7.6%	2.9%

Name	United Church of Christ	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Reformed Church in America	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other religions
Adherents	2.4%	2.3%	1.9%	1.6%	13.8%
Congregations	2.9%	2.9%	3.8%	2.9%	38.1%

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.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	0	$0		1	$996
Other Government Administration	0	$0		2	$1,993
Sewerage	0	$0		1	$400
Water Supply	0	$0		2	$1,300
Other and Unallocable	0	$0		3	$1,771
Totals for Government	0	$0		9	$6,460

5.62% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,800 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.62%
Illinois average:	5.66%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($147 average AGI)
Kankakee County: 0.05%
Illinois average: 0.19%

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

from Cook County, IL	1.63% ($44,847 average AGI)
from Will County, IL	1.04% ($46,962)
from Iroquois County, IL	0.48% ($36,599)

5.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,102 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.43%
Illinois average:	5.99%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($77 average AGI)
Kankakee County: 0.03%
Illinois average: 0.07%

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

to Cook County, IL	0.83% ($36,245 average AGI)
to Will County, IL	0.58% ($42,716)
to Iroquois County, IL	0.44% ($32,034)

Strongest AM radio stations in Hopkins Park:

WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WVIV (1200 AM; 20 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLXX-AM LICENSE CORP.)
WIND (560 AM; 5 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WKAN (1320 AM; 1 kW; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: STARADIO CORPORATION)
WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
WNDZ (750 AM; daytime; 5 kW; PORTAGE, IN; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
WNTD (950 AM; 5 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF CHICAGO LICENSE CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hopkins Park:

WVLI (95.1 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: MILNER BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WONU (89.7 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY)
WYBA (102.3 FM; CRETE, IL; Owner: DONTRON INC.)
WRZA (99.9 FM; PARK FOREST, IL; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
WKIF (92.7 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, INC.)
WKCC (91.1 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WZVN (107.1 FM; LOWELL, IN; Owner: M & M BROADCASTING, INC.)
WAWF (88.3 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
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.)
WTMX (101.9 FM; SKOKIE, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WIVR (101.7 FM; KENTLAND, IN; Owner: MILNER BROADCASTING ENTERPRISES, LLC)
WGFA-FM (94.1 FM; WATSEKA, IL; Owner: IROQUOIS COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WBMF (88.1 FM; CRETE, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WXRD (103.9 FM; CROWN POINT, IN; Owner: M & M BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Hopkins Park:

WYIN (Channel 56; GARY, IN; Owner: NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
WLS-TV (Channel 7; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS TELEVISION, INC.)
WMAQ-TV (Channel 5; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WMAQ-TV), INC.)
W34CD (Channel 34; QUINCY, IL; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WTTW (Channel 11; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WGN-TV (Channel 9; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WGBO-TV (Channel 66; JOLIET, IL; Owner: WGBO LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
WPWR-TV (Channel 50; GARY, IN; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
WXFT (Channel 60; AURORA, IL; Owner: TELEFUTURA CHICAGO LLC)
WCPX (Channel 38; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: PAXSON CHICAGO LICENSE, INC.)
WCIU-TV (Channel 26; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WCIU-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

Hopkins Park fatal accident list:
Jun 24, 2007 06:00 AM, 2, Lat: 41.067158, Lon: -87.604969, Vehicles: 1, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: Inconsistent data
Oct 21, 2001 10:01 AM, 4000s, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Sep 17, 1995 09:42 AM, 3250s, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2
Jul 20, 1994 07:27 AM, Central Av, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Aug 6, 1994 08:41 AM, 1300e, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

Lorenzo Smith School At Central Ave & Wheeler Rd, Call Sign: KEN502
Assigned Frequencies : 155.235 MHz
Grant Date: 03/17/2004, Expiration Date: 02/27/2014
Registrant: Universal Licensing Service, 3419 Via Lido 609, Newport Beach, CA 92663-3908, Phone: (877) 677-3639, Fax: (949) 515-2544

	C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 2 partial tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$58,310	0	$0
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	2	$91,750	1	$17,290
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0

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2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 48
Hazardous Condition: 1

Incident types - Hopkins Park

See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Hopkins Park, IL

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