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Evanston Apartments for Rent

Total population: 77,693 (All urban)

Evanston, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 30,817 (29,651 occupied: 15,611 owner occupied, 14,040 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  47%
State:  33%

Housing density: 3978 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $344,308.


Median contract rent in 2007: $1,035 (lower quartile is $789, upper quartile is $1,394)


Housing units in Evanston with a mortgage: 7,096 (589 second mortgage, 1,300 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,501





Evanston,IL index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $424,300 (it was $229,500 in 2000)
Evanston:  $424,300
Illinois:  $208,800
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $295,800 - $647,200

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $602,755
Here:  $602,755
State:  $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $439,213
Here:  $439,213
State:  $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $563,255
Here:  $563,255
State:  $320,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $369,101
Here:  $369,101
State:  $330,214

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $306,514
Here:  $306,514
State:  $275,408

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1946

Household type by relationship

Households: 67,270
  • In family households: 49,635 (10,618 male householders, 5,446 female householders)
    12,215 spouses, 16,877 children (15,834 natural, 678 adopted, 365 stepchildren), 1,314 grandchildren, 642 brothers or sisters, 368 parents, 1,061 other relatives, 1,094 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 17,635 (5,605 male householders (4,178 living alone)), 8,006 female householders (6,566 living alone)), 4,024 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 6,969 (636 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,258 2-persons, 3,683 3-persons, 3,044 4-persons, 1,268 5-persons, 501 6-persons, 310 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,744 1-person, 2,087 2-persons, 456 3-persons, 237 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

9,775 married couples with children.
3,637 single-parent households (514 men, 3,123 women).

81.8% of residents of Evanston speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
7.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 11,448 (15.4%)
(38.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.2
State:  6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.9
State:  4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Evanston, Illinois:
  • 1 room: 37
  • 2 rooms: 154
  • 3 rooms: 460
  • 4 rooms: 1,860
  • 5 rooms: 3,046
  • 6 rooms: 3,189
  • 7 rooms: 2,381
  • 8 rooms: 1,895
  • 9 or more rooms: 2,589



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Evanston, Illinois:
  • 1 room: 1,616
  • 2 rooms: 1,467
  • 3 rooms: 2,598
  • 4 rooms: 3,563
  • 5 rooms: 2,676
  • 6 rooms: 1,384
  • 7 rooms: 445
  • 8 rooms: 161
  • 9 or more rooms: 130



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 76
  • 1995 to 1998: 644
  • 1990 to 1994: 394
  • 1980 to 1989: 734
  • 1970 to 1979: 1,930
  • 1960 to 1969: 3,755
  • 1950 to 1959: 5,598
  • 1940 to 1949: 3,388
  • 1939 or earlier: 14,298


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Evanston:
  • no bedroom: 85
  • 1 bedroom: 1,062
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,378
  • 3 bedrooms: 5,821
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,838
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1,427



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Evanston:
  • no bedroom: 2,006
  • 1 bedroom: 5,152
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,662
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,765
  • 4 bedrooms: 349
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 106



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Evanston in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 946
  • 1 vehicle: 6,767
  • 2 vehicles: 6,473
  • 3 vehicles: 1,084
  • 4 vehicles: 264
  • 5 or more vehicles: 77



Cars and other vehicles available in Evanston in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 3,574
  • 1 vehicle: 7,645
  • 2 vehicles: 2,341
  • 3 vehicles: 357
  • 4 vehicles: 60
  • 5 or more vehicles: 63


Evanston rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Evanston:

  • Less than $100: 82 people
  • $100 to $149: 71
  • $150 to $199: 105
  • $200 to $249: 99
  • $250 to $299: 56
  • $300 to $349: 55
  • $350 to $399: 74
  • $400 to $449: 98
  • $450 to $499: 56
  • $500 to $549: 96
  • $550 to $599: 139
  • $600 to $649: 223
  • $650 to $699: 371
  • $700 to $749: 311
  • $750 to $799: 490
  • $800 to $899: 1,064
  • $900 to $999: 1,225
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 2,565
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 1,073
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 1,156
  • $2,000 or more: 714
  • No cash rent: 338
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 3,514
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,742
  • 1985 to 1989: 1,424
  • 1980 to 1984: 1,302
  • 1975 to 1979: 951
  • 1970 to 1974: 841
  • 1970 to 1974: 632
  • 1965 to 1969: 1,042

Evanston, IL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.8%
Number of people working at home: 2,294 (6.1% of all workers)


Evanston travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 785
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 3507
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 5041
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 4146
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 3062
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1139
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 4041
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1514
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 2407
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 5513
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 3591
  • 90 or more minutes: 615
 


Evanston mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 20,095 (53%)
  • Carpooled: 3,121 (8%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,218 (3%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 29 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 2,944 (8%)
  • Railroad: 2,586 (7%)
  • Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
  • Taxi: 124 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 630 (2%)
  • Walked: 4,388 (12%)
  • Other means: 212 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 2,294 (6%)
 


Evanston, IL household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 2509
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1214
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 1332
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 1372
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 1235
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 1366
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 1437
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 1488
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 1266
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 2515
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 2812
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 3420
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 2480
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 1535
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 1588
  • $200,000 or more: 2106
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 20928
 German: 7570
 Irish: 6152
 English: 4036
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 3287
 Polish: 2767
 Italian: 2326
 Russian: 2154
 United States or American: 1926
 Jamaican: 1899
 Swedish: 1446
 Scottish: 1064
 European: 1061
 Haitian: 834
 Norwegian: 833
 Subsaharan African:: 814
 Scotch-Irish: 809
 French (except Basque): 689
 Dutch: 581
 African: 580
 Eastern European: 572
 Greek: 504
 Hungarian: 494
 British: 446
 Lithuanian: 428
 Belizean: 425
 Arab:: 359
 Ukrainian: 338
 Danish: 286
 Czech: 256
 Swiss: 255
 Austrian: 240
 French Canadian: 234
 Romanian: 219
 Welsh: 189
 Turkish: 151
 Iranian: 130
 Armenian: 122
 Croatian: 119
 Arab/Arabic: 111
 Northern European: 106
 Belgian: 99
 Portuguese: 92
 Scandinavian: 88
 Canadian: 86
 Yugoslavian: 85
 Israeli: 84
 Egyptian: 81
 Finnish: 78
 Brazilian: 76
 Latvian: 75
 Lebanese: 72
 Czechoslovakian: 71
 Bulgarian: 71
 Ethiopian: 67
 Slovak: 62
 Albanian: 61
 Ghanian: 53
 Serbian: 53
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 47
 West Indian: 43
 Nigerian: 42
 Slovene: 41
 Slavic: 38
 Palestinian: 37
 Luxemburger: 30
 Syrian: 27
 Maltese: 27
 Ugandan: 27
 British West Indian: 25
 Bahamian: 24
 Estonian: 22
 Australian: 20
 Kenyan: 19
 Pennsylvania German: 18
 Iraqi: 15
 Basque: 15
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 15
 Other Subsaharan African: 13
 New Zealander: 13
 Moroccan: 13
 Icelander: 12
 Dutch West Indian: 11
 Other West Indian: 11
 Cypriot: 9
 South African: 7
 Cape Verdean: 6
 Other Arab: 3


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Jamaica (13%)
  • Mexico (13%)
  • India (5%)
  • Haiti (5%)
  • Philippines (4%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
  • Other Central America (4%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 35821
  • Northeast: 6074
  • Midwest: 10029
  • South: 7118
  • West: 2862

46% of Evanston residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Illinois.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 107
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 94
  • 5th and 6th grade: 163
  • 7th and 8th grade: 305
  • 9th grade: 241
  • 10th grade: 190
  • 11th grade: 282
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 457
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,027
  • Less than 1 year of college: 576
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,406
  • Associate degree: 576
  • Bachelor's degree: 6,322
  • Master's degree: 4,527
  • Professional school degree: 1,774
  • Doctorate degree: 1,750


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 156
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 65
  • 5th and 6th grade: 290
  • 7th and 8th grade: 419
  • 9th grade: 298
  • 10th grade: 344
  • 11th grade: 233
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 438
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,905
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,005
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,149
  • Associate degree: 1,089
  • Bachelor's degree: 7,482
  • Master's degree: 5,526
  • Professional school degree: 1,027
  • Doctorate degree: 1,103


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.7%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.7%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 13.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 9.7%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 12.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.3%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.8%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.9%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $77,170
  • Black householders: $51,312
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $52,528
  • Asian householders: $47,724
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $66,194
  • Some other race householders: $51,987
  • Two or more races householders: $43,551
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $55,551

Evanston household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Evanston household income for Black householders

Evanston marital status for males

Evanston marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $638,576
  • Black or African American householders: $292,665
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $313,002
  • Asian householders: $400,080
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $207,990
  • Some other race householders: $293,589
  • Two or more races householders: $366,617
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $365,138

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 9,799
  • One, attached: 1,519
  • Two: 2,880
  • 3 or 4: 1,700
  • 5 to 9: 2,606
  • 10 to 19: 3,149
  • 20 to 49: 5,558
  • 50 or more: 3,578
  • Mobile homes: 28

Median worth of mobile homes: $277,229


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Evanston:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (88%)
  • Electricity (9%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (75%)
  • Electricity (17%)
  • Other fuel (3%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
  • No fuel used (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,070
Here:  16.1%
Illinois:  13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 393
Here:  11.8%
Illinois:  11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8,367
Here:  82.5%
Illinois:  25.8%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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