Lake Catherine, Illinois

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Lake County

Population in July 2007: 1,614.

Males: 831	(51.5%)
Females: 783	(48.5%)

Median resident age:	39.2 years
Illinois median age:	34.7 years

Zip codes: 60002.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $51,940 (it was $56,970 in 2000)

Lake Catherine:	$51,940
Illinois:	$53,966

Estimated per capita income in 2009: $29,726

Lake Catherine CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $194,699 (it was $142,000 in 2000)

Lake Catherine:	$194,699
Illinois:	$202,200

Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $250,785; Detached houses: $246,521; In 2-unit structures: $482,644

Median gross rent in 2009: $1,069.

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White alone - 1,034 (90.7%)
Hispanic - 106 (9.3%)

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Jan. 2011 cost of living index in Lake Catherine: 105.0 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (27.1%), Irish (20.1%), English (10.5%), Italian (5.8%), Polish (5.7%), Norwegian (3.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 750 feet

Land area: 1.06 square miles.

Population density: 1517 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Lake Catherine:

High school or higher: 86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
Unemployed: 2.5%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 39.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lake Catherine CDP:

Never married: 20.4%
Now married: 64.3%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 6.3%
Divorced: 9.0%

107 residents are foreign born (6.2% Europe).

This place:	7.2%
Illinois:	12.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in July 2011

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $4,147 (2.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $3,269 (1.8%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Waukegan, IL (15.5 miles , pop. 87,901).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Milwaukee, WI (40.2 miles , pop. 596,974).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (50.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Channel Lake, IL (1.1 miles ), Antioch, IL (1.3 miles ), Salem, WI (1.7 miles ), Camp Lake, WI (1.7 miles ), Lake Shangrila, WI (1.7 miles ), Lake Villa, IL (2.3 miles ), Silver Lake, WI (2.3 miles ), Fox Lake Hills, IL (2.3 miles ).

Latitude: 42.48 N, Longitude: 88.12 W

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Unemployment in March 2011:

Here:	10.5%
Illinois:	9.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)

Males Females

Construction (32%)
Retail trade (15%)
Manufacturing (13%)
Wholesale trade (11%)
Public administration (10%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Retail trade (21%)
Health care and social assistance (20%)
Educational services (14%)
Other services, except public administration (13%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Wholesale trade (5%)

Most common occupations (%)

Males Females

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Computer specialists (7%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
Carpenters (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)

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Tornado activity:

Lake Catherine-area historical tornado activity is near Illinois state average. It is 94% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 14.4 miles away from the Lake Catherine place center killed 6 people and injured 75 people.

On 9/28/1972, a category F4 tornado 17.0 miles away from the place center injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

Lake Catherine-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 81.3 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 85.4 miles away from Lake Catherine 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 Lake Catherine:

CENTEGRA HEALTH SYSTEM - MC HENRY HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 12 miles away; MCHENRY, IL)
MIDWESTERN REGION MED CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 13 miles away; ZION, IL)
NORTH CHICAGO VA MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care - Veterans Administration, Government Federal, about 13 miles away; NORTH CHICAGO, IL)

Amtrak station near Lake Catherine:

19 miles: STURTEVANT (2904 WISCONSIN ST.) . Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lake Catherine:

College of Lake County (about 11 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 19 miles; Kenosha, WI; FT enrollment: 3,732)
McHenry County College (about 21 miles; Crystal Lake, IL; FT enrollment: 3,149)
Harper College (about 29 miles; Palatine, IL; FT enrollment: 6,988)
American InterContinental University-Online (about 30 miles; Hoffman Estates, IL; FT enrollment: 25,208)

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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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Air Quality Index (AQI)

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 33.9. This is about average.

City:	33.9
U.S.:	32.0

Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 27.2. This is about average. Closest monitor was 2.8 miles away from the city center.

City:	27.2
U.S.:	28.3

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) [µ/m³] level in 2010 was 9.78. This is about average. Closest monitor was 16.1 miles away from the city center.

City:	9.78
U.S.:	9.59

Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2003 was 0.477. This is about average. Closest monitor was 11.5 miles away from the city center.

City:	0.477
U.S.:	0.572

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 8.7%
(9.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:

This place:	2.5 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	70.5%
Whole state:	67.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	4.7%
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: 0.2% of all households

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lake Catherine, IL

Lake Catherine compared to Illinois state average:

Median household income above state average.
Median house value above state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age above state average.

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School Enrollment by Level of School (%)

Lake Catherine travel time to work - commute

Lake Catherine mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (97%)
Electricity (2%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

2004 Presidential Election results in Lake County Illinois:

2008 Presidential Election results in Lake County Illinois:

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Religion statistics for Lake Catherine:

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	Non-Charismatic Churches Independent	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Presbyterian Church (USA)	United Methodist Church
Adherents	66.3%	4.7%	4.3%	2.7%	2.3%
Congregations	11.1%	0.3%	7.3%	3.1%	6.6%

Name	Episcopal Church	Lutheran Church	United Church of Christ	Evangelical Free Church of America	Other
Adherents	1.4%	1.4%	1.2%	1.1%	14.5%
Congregations	3.8%	3.5%	4.2%	6.6%	53.5%

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 Lake Catherine:

WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
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.)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
WNVR (1030 AM; 5 kW; VERNON HILLS, IL; Owner: POLNET COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
WAIT (850 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CRYSTAL LAKE, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WKTA (1330 AM; 5 kW; EVANSTON, IL; Owner: POLNET COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
WAUK (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WAUKESHA, WI; Owner: WALT-WEST WISCONSIN, INC.)
WOKY (920 AM; 5 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lake Catherine:

W206AI (89.1 FM; LAKE VILLA, IL; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
WWDV (96.9 FM; ZION, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
WIIL (95.1 FM; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WZSR (105.5 FM; WOODSTOCK, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
WEZY (92.1 FM; RACINE, WI; Owner: RACINE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
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)
WGCI-FM (107.5 FM; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
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.)
WXLC (102.3 FM; WAUKEGAN, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
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)

TV broadcast stations around Lake Catherine:

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)
WJJA (Channel 49; RACINE, WI; Owner: TV-49, INC.)
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)
WPXE (Channel 55; KENOSHA, WI; Owner: PAXSON MILWAUKEE LICENSE, INC.)
WMVS (Channel 10; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WMVT (Channel 36; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD)
WDJT-TV (Channel 58; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WDJT-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WISN-TV (Channel 12; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WISN HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
WCGV-TV (Channel 24; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: WCGV LICENSEE, LLC)
WOCH-LP (Channel 28; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: KM LPTV OF CHICAGO-28, L.L.C.)

	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 3 partial tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	8	$154,541	5	$119,140	69	$182,968	2	$206,220	5	$209,218
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	1	$183,180	0	$0	7	$156,994	0	$0	1	$94,960
APPLICATIONS DENIED	1	$165,600	2	$138,145	24	$192,392	1	$50,540	1	$213,280
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	1	$132,710	2	$153,875	12	$201,336	1	$221,420	1	$207,280
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	4	$220,490	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 8608.05 , 8608.06, 8608.09

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 3 partial tracts)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	2	$142,445	2	$227,930
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	0	$0
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: 8608.05 , 8608.06, 8608.09

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

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#10 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers"
#49 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Petroleum and coal products"
#54 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Top executives"
#59 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers"
#61 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists"
#65 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Retail sales workers except cashiers"

#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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